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  1. Department of Learning Disabilities, Faculty of Education, Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, 31905, Haifa, Israel

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Shaul, S., Leikin, M. Introduction to the special issue: early literacy among monolingual and bilingual children. Read Writ 27, 609–611 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-013-9487-7

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