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Reading beyond the basal

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If children are to become enthusiastic readers, they need many opportunities to hear and read good stories — and this means reading beyond the basal. Through stories, children read about people and animals they don't know, yet come to care about very deeply, as well as experience emotions that help them mature and grow.

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Illustrated by Greg Nemec

Excerpted from Reading Beyond the Basal,by Barbara Valdez. Copyright 1987 by the Perfection Form Co., 1000 N. Second Ave., Logan, IA 51546.

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Valdez, B. Reading beyond the basal. Early Childhood Educ J 17, 35–38 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01619653

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