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Direct linkHolmes, Kerry; Powell, Sarah; Holmes, Stacy; Witt, Emily – Journal of Educational Research, 2007
The authors report the results of a study in which they sought to determine the effect of the race of a book's primary characters on the reading motivation of 3rd-grade students in Mississippi. Students (N = 35) from 2 3rd-grade classrooms chose books with covers that depicted main characters who were either Black or White. The authors sought to…
Descriptors: Racial Factors, Reading Materials, Reading Motivation, Reader Text Relationship
