Books make a difference: A study of access to literacy

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 286-311

  Neuman, Susan B ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0010562185     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.34.3.3     Document Type: Article

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