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EJ416318 CS740631

Title: The Practice of Storybook Reading to Preschoolers in Mainstream New Zealand Families.
Author(s): Phillips, Gwenneth; McNaughton, Stuart
Source: Reading Research Quarterly, v25 n3 p196-212 Sum 1990
Publication Date: 1990
ISSN: 0034-0553
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAR1991

Reports findings from 2 studies investigating the social practice of book reading in the homes of 10 mainstream New Zealand families. Finds that with unfamiliar storybooks both adults and children aged 3 and 4 initiated insertions most often focused on the meaning of the immediate text rather than on print or illustrations. (KEH)

Descriptors: Children; *Early Reading; Foreign Countries; *Parent Child Relationship; Preschool Education; Reading Aloud to Others; Reading Habits; *Reading Readiness; Reading Research; Skill Development; *Story Reading
Identifiers: New Zealand; *Reading Behavior

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