Poverty in books for young children: A content analysis

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-27

  Chafel, Judith A ^a   Fitzgibbons, Shirley ^b   Cutter, Lisa ^a   Burke Weiner, Kimberly ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Children's literature; Poverty; Socialization; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866101355     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443971390102     Document Type: Article

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