The motivating power of comic books: Insights from Archie comic readers

Reading Teacher

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-147

  Norton, Bonny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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