Young children, questions and nonfiction books

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-27

  McMath, Joan Scanlon ^a,b   King, Margaret A ^a   Smith, William Earl ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate practices; Informational books (nonfiction); Primary grades; Questions; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083032     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1022978624185     Document Type: Article

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