The information book genre: Its role in integrated science literacy research and practice

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-250

  Pappas, Christine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.41.2.4     Document Type: Article

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