Smoky night and crack: Controversial subjects in current children's stories

Children's Literature in Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-30

  Koehnecke, Dianne ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controversial issues; Didactic; Picture books

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549114464     PISSN: 00456713     EISSN: 15731693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005261920692     Document Type: Article

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