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Teaching & Learning through Children’s Literature. Connecting Thinking to the act of Reading.

A call for the use of quality children’s literature in the primary classroom. 

Reference: English, R.  In ALEA Practical Literacy: The Early and Primary Years, 2026.

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Keywords: Children's Literature | Curriculum | Reading

Resource Added: 24 July, 2026

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