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Peer reviewedStone, Laura – Young Children, 1994
Illustrates how a volunteer tutor "taught" one seven-year-old boy to enjoy reading through the use of stimulating books that matched the child's personal interests and through motivational activities. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childhood Interests, Elementary School Students, Literacy
Grover, Robert John – 1976
In order to determine the variables which influence children's choice of books, 52 second-grade students from one elementary school were selected and interviewed. Twenty books, which circulated most frequently among second-grade children, were designated "high preference"; another 20, randomly selected from 634 books which were borrowed only once,…
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Doctoral Dissertations
