Hispanic Families as Facilitators of Their Children's Literacy Development

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-117

  Saracho, Olivia N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

emergent literacy; family literacy; parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990393918     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192706299009     Document Type: Article

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