Who reads to young children?: Identifying predictors of family reading activities

Reading Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-81

  Yarosz, Donald Joseph ^a   Barnett, William Steven ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1642628199     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02702710151130235     Document Type: Article

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