“What are all these Dogs Doing at School?”: Using Therapy Dogs to Promote Children's Reading Practice

Childhood Education

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 152-158

  Jalongo, Mary Renck ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33746387024     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2005.10522259     Document Type: Article

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