The World of Sesame Street Research

“G” is for Growing: Thirty Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 147-179

  Cole, Charlotte F ^a   Richman, Beth A ^a   McCann Brown, Susan K ^a  

^a Children s Television Workshop   (United States)

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EID: 85142580290     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410605252-19     Document Type: Chapter

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