Middle School Children's Responses to Enid Blyton in "The Bradford Book Flood Experiment.".

Ingham, Jennie

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Publication Date: 1982-Feb

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Middle School Children's Responses to Enid Blyton in "The Bradford Book Flood Experiment."

Ingham, Jennie

Journal of Research in Reading, v5 n1 p43-56 Feb 1982

Reveals that middle school students enjoy the books of Enid Blyton because they launch immediately into the action and are full of action throughout; they keep description to a minimum; and they contain characters who are about the same age as the readers. (FL)

Descriptors: Authors, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Middle Schools, Reading Interests, Student Reaction

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Language: English

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