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Peer reviewedHarkrader, Mary Ann; Moore, Richard – Reading Research and Instruction, 1997
Uses a "fictitious-annotated-titles" survey to determine reading preferences of fourth-grade girls and boys. Finds that both boys and girls prefer fiction over non-fiction; girls preferred fiction more strongly than boys; and boys preferred male main characters more strongly than the girls, and girls preferred female main characters more…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Fiction, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedBoraks, Nancy; Hoffman, Amy; Bauer, David – Reading Psychology, 1997
Surveys 315 fourth- and fifth-grade inner city and suburban children from Virginia and Ohio about their "most favorite" book, with titles categorized by literary genre. Finds little overlap with individual titles but emergence of some genre patterns--girls favoring realistic fiction and boys selecting fantasy; inner city children…
Descriptors: Fiction, Gender Issues, Inner City, Intermediate Grades
