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Publisher: Waterbrook Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.95 pounds
Pages: 391
Publisher's Notes
In this book, authors Kathryn Lindskoog and Ranelda Mack Hunsicker offer parents, teachers, and homeschoolers the best resource available as they closely examine genres such as classics, fantasy, biography and realistic fiction, mystery and adventure, humor, poetry, picture and audio books, and multimedia resources. Additional discussions of censorship, character building through literature, and objectives for spiritual development make this book the ideal guide for finding the best literature for children.
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