The nature of storybook reading in the elementary school: Current practices

On Reading Books to Children: Parents and Teachers

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 134-152

  Morrow, Lesley Mandel ^a   Brittain, Rebecca ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84919513596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410607355     Document Type: Chapter

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