Fostering Full Access to Literacy by Including Information Books.

Pappas, Christine C.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Fostering Full Access to Literacy by Including Information Books.

Pappas, Christine C.

Language Arts, v68 n6 p449-62 Oct 1991

Argues against the idea that story is the primary way that children come to literacy. Presents a case study that shows that, given the chance to interact with information books, young children are not only capable of reading them but eager to do so. (MG)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Childrens Literature, Kindergarten Children, Literacy, Nonfiction, Primary Education, Reading Research, Story Grammar

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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