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  • Whitehead, Frank, Capey, A C and Maddren, Wendy (1974) Schools Council Working Paper 52:Children's Reading Interests London: Evans/Methuen Educational

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Aidan Chambers is a free-lance writer and editor, well known as a reviewer of children's literature in a number of journals and news-papers. He has wide teaching experience, including several years in a Gloucestershire secondary school. He is the author of a number of books and plays for young people and ofThe Reluctant Reader andIntroducing Books to Children, two important books in the study of children's literature.

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Chambers, A. Literary figures. Child Lit Educ 6, 39–45 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01263059

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