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She has published articles inLanguage Arts, Reading Psychology, andReading Horizons, and is completing a study on children's developing ability to comprehend pragmatic aspects of dialogue in children's fiction
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Morgan, A.L. The child alone: Children's stories reminiscent ofE. T.: The Extra-Terrestrial . Child Lit Educ 16, 131–142 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01141756
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