Once upon a time: Parent-child dialogue and storybook reading in the electronic era

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 200-211

  Parish Morris, Julia ^a   Mahajan, Neha ^b   Hirsh Pasek, Kathy ^b   Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick ^c   Collins, Molly Fuller ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84882251276     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mbe.12028     Document Type: Article

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