'You can't see what the words say': Word spacing and letter spacing in children's reading books

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-98

  Reynolds, Linda ^a   Walker, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13244266997     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2004.00216.x     Document Type: Review

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