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Peer reviewedGlass, Betty J; Cook, M. Kathleen – Reading Horizons, 1990
Examines the readability levels of two current children's periodicals and two nineteenth-century periodicals. Finds the language skills used by children writing poetry and letters to the editor have not declined over the last century. Finds nonfiction and recreational fiction articles to be more difficult in the nineteenth century. (RS)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Nineteenth Century Literature
