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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the reading interests of fourth grade boys and girls. Comparisons were made between the reading interests of boys and girls and between minority and nonminority children. In addition the results of part of the present study were compared with the results of a similar study conducted over two decades ago.
The present study revealed that there are sex differences in children's reading preferences; however, at the same time the study showed that the reading interests of boys and girls do often overlap. Additionally, results of this study indicated that minority and nonminority children differed to some extent in their reading interests, but they had more similarities than differences. A comparison of the results of the present study with the results of the earlier study showed that the reading interests of males and females have changed very little over the intervening years.