Canadian Authors and Canadian Kids: Reading, Writing, and Meaningful Talk.

This article explores the author's conversations with children about books while on an author tour across Canada. Children's love of stories, their insights, and connectivity to stories are shared in the context of meaningful dialogue. Narrative transportation, a theory developed by communication scholars, is described to help demonstrate the importance in children's lives of stories and talking about stories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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