A comparison between informational and narrative picture books as a context for reasoning between caregivers and 4-year-old children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-41

  Torr, Jane ^a   Clugston, Lynn ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult child discourse; Functional grammar; Informational picture books; Narrative picture books; Questions; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 11944275581     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443991590104     Document Type: Article

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