Reading practices experienced by preschool children in areas of disadvantage

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-298

  Raban, Bridie ^a   Nolan, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

disadvantaged areas; home literacy; preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993709338     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X05056528     Document Type: Article

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