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February 1976, Vol 130, No. 2 >
Article | February 1976

The Bedtime Story and Language Development FREE

Joy F. Moss, MA
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Accepted for publication Oct 6, 1975.

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Am J Dis Child. 1976;130(2):180-183. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1976.02120030070013.
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• Reading to children contributes significantly to their language development in general and their reading growth in particular. Children learn to comprehend and produce oral and written language through a variety of language experiences. Exposure to the world of books through a regular story time contributes to the child's knowledge store of language, concepts, and ideas. Story time also provides practice in attending to and comprehending written language and promotes a positive association with books and reading.

The developmental needs of children suggest practical guidelines for the selection and evaluation of books to read to young children. Pediatricians are in a unique position to educate parents about these developmental needs as well as language acquisition. They can guide parents in providing a rich literary experience that could contribute to the intellectual, social, and emotional growth of their children.

(Am J Dis Child 130:180-183, 1976)

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Durkin D:  Children who read before grade one . The Reading Teacher 14:163-166, 1961;.
2 +
Milne AA: Now We Are Six . New York, EP Dutton & Co Inc, 1927;.
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Milne AA: When We Were Very Young . New York, EP Dutton & Co Inc, 1924;.
4 +
Galdone P: The Three Bears . New York, Seabury Press Inc, 1972;.
5 +
DeAngeli M: Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes . Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Co Inc, 1974;.
6 +
Wildsmith B: Brian Wildsmith's Mother Goose . New York, Franklin Watts Inc, 1964;.
7 +
Fujikawa G: Mother Goose . New York, Grosset & Dunlap Inc, 1968;.
8 +
Briggs R: The Mother Goose Treasury . New York, Coward McCann & Geoghegan Inc, 1966;.
9 +
Rojankovsky F: The Tall Book of Mother Goose . New York, Harper & Row Publishers Inc, 1942;.
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Asbjornsen P: The Three Billy Goats Gruff . New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc, 1957;.
11 +
 The gingerbread boy , in Haviland V(ed): The Fairy Tale Treasure . New York, Coward McCann & Geoghegan Inc, 1972;.
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Frasconi A: The House that Jack Built . New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc, 1958;.
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Chukovsky K: From Two to Five . Berkeley, University of California Press, 1974; (originally published in Russian in 1925).
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Burton V: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel . Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1939;.
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Lexau J: Benjie on His Own . New York, Dial Press, 1970;.
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Brown MB: First Night Away From Home . New York, Franklin Watts Inc, 1960;.
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Brown MB: Benjy's Blanket . New York, Franklin Watts Inc, 1962;.
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Larrick N: A Parent's Guide to Children's Reading , ed 4. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Co Inc, 1974; (paperback: New York, Bantam Books Inc).

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