Reader, come home : the reading brain in a digital world
Wolf considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy and reflection as we become increasingly dependent upon digital technologies.
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- ISBN: 9780062388773
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Physical Description
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viii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm - Edition First Harper Paperbacks edition.
- Publisher New York, NY : Harper, 2019.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Complements the decodable books collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-247) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Reading, the canary in the mind -- Under the big top: an unusual view of the reading brain -- Deep reading: is it endangered? -- "What will become of the readers we have been?" -- The raising of children in a digital age -- From laps to laptops in the first five years: don't move too fast -- The science and poetry in learning (and teaching) to read -- Building a biliterate brain -- Reader, come home. |