Spoken and written narrative development: African American preschoolers as storytellers and storymakers

Literacy in African American Communities

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 45-76

  Bloome, David ^a   Champion, Tempii ^b   Katz, Laurie ^a,c   Morton, Mary Beth ^a   Muldrow, Ramona ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410605658-13     Document Type: Chapter

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