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de Bondt, Merel; Willenberg, Ingrid A.; Bus, Adriana G. – Review of Educational Research, 2020
Book giveaway programs provide free books to families with infants to encourage caregivers to begin reading to their children during infancy. This meta-analysis of 44 studies retrieved from 43 articles tests the effects of three major book giveaway programs: Bookstart (n = 11), Reach Out and Read (n = 18), and Imagination Library (n = 15). Effect…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Material Selection, Recreational Reading, Reading Skills
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Huck, Charlotte S. – Language Arts, 1992
Discusses research on home literacy environments, the values of reading aloud, independent reading, literature and writing, and literature in the language arts curriculum. (RS)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Independent Reading
Liston, Mary C. – 1980
Describing the early reader as one who has learned to read informally at home before formal schooling has begun, this paper reviews the literature on two aspects of early reading. The first aspect considered is the home environment of the early reader and the interactions with his or her parents. The second aspect considered is the process by…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Family Environment, Learning Processes, Parent Child Relationship