Snow White in different guises: Interlingual and intercultural exchanges between grandparents and young children at home in East London

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-25

  Gregory, Eve ^a   Arju, Tahera ^a   Jessel, John ^a   Kenner, Charmian ^a   Ruby, Mahera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grandparents; Intercultural exchanges; Story reading; Syncretism

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249132377     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: 17412919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798407074831     Document Type: Article

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