Nonfiction trade books in content area instruction: Realities and potential

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 630-641

  Palmer, Rosemary G ^a,b   Stewart, Roger A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Boise State University ^*  (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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