Examining multicultural picture books for the early childhood classroom: Possibilities and pitfalls

Early Childhood Research and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Mendoza, Jean ^a   Reese, Debbie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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