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2018
Volume 95, Issue 4
  • ISSN: 0360-9170
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2402

Abstract

Using a snapshot of one child’s writing, this article illuminates how he incorporated worlds of play and encourages readers to (re)imagine schooled writing.

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2018-03-01
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