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Exploring a national book-gifting scheme: parents' and children's reactions

Wray, David; Medwell, Jane

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David Wray



Abstract

Several early learning programmes have targeted children’s reading, particularly their relationships with books. One, Bookstart, provided free books to babies attending their 8-month health check at local clinics. Study of this programme suggested that it led to an improvement in language performance upon school entry. Booktime continues from Bookstart and involves the donation of a book pack to 5-year-old children in their first school term. This paper reports an evaluation of the impact of Booktime on the views about, and enjoyment of, reading, of participating children and on the views of parents/carers about helping their children with reading.

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Wray, D., & Medwell, J. (in press). Exploring a national book-gifting scheme: parents' and children's reactions. Education 3-13, 43(2),

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 24, 2013
Online Publication Date Jun 10, 2013
Deposit Date Aug 31, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Education 3-13
Print ISSN 0300-4279
Electronic ISSN 1475-7575
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 43
Issue 2
Keywords parents, books, reading, early childhood, intervention
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/715804
Publisher URL http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03004279.2013.800577
Additional Information This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Education 3-13 on 10 June 2013, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080%2F03004279.2013.800577

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