This digital document is an article from The Horn Book Magazine, published by Horn Book, Inc. on November 1, 1993. The length of the article is 3982 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.<BR><BR>From the supplier: A nine-year study of two young girls shows how children assimilate language from children's literature. Children incorporate parts of prose into everyday speech but recite poems in their entirety. Children also tend to break the rules of language or try to make new ones.<BR><BR><strong>Citation Details</strong><br><strong>Title:</strong> The net of story. (how children's literature influences the language of young readers)<br><strong>Author:</strong> Shelby Anne Wolf<br><strong>Publication:</strong> <em>The Horn Book Magazine</em> (Magazine/Journal)<br><strong>Date:</strong> November 1, 1993<br><strong>Publisher:</strong> Horn Book, Inc.<br><strong>Volume:</strong> v69 <strong>Issue:</strong> n6 <strong>Page:</strong> p705(9)<BR><BR>Distributed by Thomson Gale