The impact of e-books on young children's reading habits

Publishing Research Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 236-248

  Maynard, Sally ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon Kindle; Apple iPod Touch; Child readers; Children's literature; e Books; e Readers; Families reading; Nintendo DS lite; Reluctant readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878779253     PISSN: 10538801     EISSN: 19364792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12109-010-9180-5     Document Type: Article

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