Let's Talk: Encouraging Mother-Child Conversations during Story Reading

Journal of Early Intervention

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-69

  McNeill, Joyce H ^a,c   Fowler, Susan A ^b  

^a University of Illinois ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Educational Department   (United States)

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EID: 0033448596     PISSN: 10538151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105381519902200106     Document Type: Article

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