'You have to understand words ... but not read them': Young children becoming readers in a digital age

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-91

  Levy, Rachael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58449099269     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2008.01382.x     Document Type: Article

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