Literature as the Content of Reading.

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  • Author(s): Huck, Charlotte S.
  • Source:
    Theory Into Practice. Dec77, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p363. 9p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      READING (Elementary); CHILDREN'S literature; LITERACY; ELEMENTARY education
    • Abstract:
      Argues that the motivation for learning to read comes from the desire to read real books and that imaginative literature must be the content of the reading program. Contribution of literature to the reading process; Literacy at the earliest stages of a child's development; Ways in which youngsters will work hard to master the ability to read their own stories or stories which give them much enjoyment.