"Can I say 'once upon a time'?": Kindergarten children developing knowledge of information book language

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-318

  Duke, Nell K ^a   Kays, Jane ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032325452     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(99)80041-6     Document Type: Article

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