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Elizabeth Segel is co-director of Beginning with Books, an illiteracy prevention program in Pittsburgh that works with children from disadvantaged families. She has recently publishedShort Takes (Lothrup), a collection of short stories for children by distinguished authors, and “As the Twig Is Bent,” an essay on childhood reading which appears inGender and Reading (Johns Hopkins Press).
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Segel, E. Beastly boys: A century of Mischief. Child Lit Educ 18, 3–12 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01135434
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