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Williams, Lunetta M. – Journal of Educational Research, 2008
The author identified books most often selected among a sample of economically disadvantaged Black 8- to 12-year-old participants (N = 293) and investigated reasons participants offered for choosing specific books. Participants self-selected books at a book fair providing 412 books. The most commonly selected books supplied descriptive data.…
Descriptors: African American Students, Elementary School Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Books