Text talk: Capturing the benefits of read-aloud experiences for young children

Reading Teacher

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-20

  Beck, Isabel L ^a   McKeown, Margaret G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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