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Peer reviewedLehr, Susan – Reading Research Quarterly, 1988
Examines the nature of children's sense of theme in narratives as it develops over three age levels--kindergarten, second grade, and fourth grade--and investigates the role of literature in that development. Concludes that thematic identification is an early developmental strategy. (MM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fiction
