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If you enjoyed this commentary, you might be interested in these postings at the Reading Online site:

• Kindergarten Stories: Writing and Drawing at the Computer, an article by Susan Caroff, Ingridricia Kiefer, and Jennifer Roccograndi
• Critical Connections: Research on Early Reading Instruction, transcripts and comments from a conference on early reading edited and compiled by Margaret Hill and Leslie Ingridterson
• Reading: What Children Need to Learn and How Teachers Can Help Them, an article by Henrietta Dombey, “reprinted” from the United Kingdom Reading Association journal Reading

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