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ERIC Number: EJ414724
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-9170
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Filling the Gaps: "The Baby-Sitters Club," the Series Book, and the Learning Reader.
Mackey, Margaret
Language Arts, v67 n5 p484-89 Sep 1990
Explores the enormous attraction for young readers of series books (such as Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and currently "The Baby-Sitters Club"). Discusses what children might learn from such reading, often thought of as pap literature by adults. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Books, Children, Novels, Reader Response, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits, Reading Interests, Reading Materials, Recreational Reading
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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