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ACEI Position Paper

Censorship in Children's Literature: What Every Educator Should Know

Mary Renck Jalongo Department of Professional Studies in Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
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Anne Drolett Creany Department of Professional Studies in Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
Pages 143-148 | Published online: 25 Jul 2012

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