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Publication Date: 1972
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If That Don't Do No Good, That Won't Do No Harm: The Uses and Dangers of Mediocrity in Children's Reading
Egoff, Sheila
School Library Journal, 93-97, Oct 72
The role of literature is to help develop the individual and it takes a good book to do this. A poor book takes a child and puts him back a step or two, a mediocre book takes a child and leaves him where he is. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Early Reading, English, Evaluation, Language, Reading Material Selection
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