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The songs the letters sing

typography and children's reading

cover of The songs the letters sing

Sue Walker

NCLL 2005

ISBN 0704998467

Price: £2.75

This book provides answers to some of the questions that teachers should think about when choosing books for children: - are some typefaces better than others? - are serif and sans serif types easier or more difficult for children to read? - do children find infant characters such as a and g easier to read? - how much space should there be between letters, words and lines? - does typography affect children's motivaton to read?

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