TY  - SER
AU  - Hill,Susan
AU  - Glover,Anne
AU  - Colbung,Michael
TI  - My favourite book!: young Aboriginal children's book choices
PY  - 2011///
KW  - Children's literature
KW  - Literacy
KW  - Study and teaching
N2  - This study into the reading patterns and choices of three- to six-year old  Aboriginal children revealed that children chose books that promoted social  interactions between family members and wider social networks. Books selected  most often promoted child agency and problem solving with a cause-effect narrative  structure, rather than books of lists and descriptive captions. The children’s fathers  were actively involved in contributing to their family’s literacy development and often  read aloud to multi-age groups of children in the home. The study revealed that most  families had few children’s books in the home and that access to children’s books was  limited, while also demonstrating the appeal of good-quality children’s literature in  generating numerous re-readings of favourite books
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