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Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children.

Preventing reading difficulties in young children / Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children; Catherine E. Snow, M. Susan Burns, and Peg Griffin, editors.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-309-06418-X (cloth) 
1. Reading (Primary)—United States. 2. Reading disability—United States. 3. Reading— Remedial teaching—United States. 4. Reading comprehension—United States. 5. Word recognition. I. Snow, Catherine E. II. Burns, M. Susan (Marie Susan) III. Griffin, Peg. IV. Title.
LB1525.76 .C66     1998
372.4—ddc21

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