Cultural Background and Storytelling: A Review and Implications for Schooling

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

  McCabe, Allyssa ^a  

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EID: 0345877433     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/461876     Document Type: Review

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