Picture storybooks and starting school

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 176, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 835-848

  Dockett, Sue ^a   Perry, Bob ^a   Whitton, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kindergarten; Picture storybooks; School; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350529841     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430500293880     Document Type: Article

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