... to develop an enquiring mind, as they question what they"re hearing or seeing on the page" (Britain's best weekly magazine 2002:35). They also have to accept reading as a joy and books should be a source of great enjoyment and pleasure. "Children can quickly learn "reading behavior"-how books work, turning pages, following pictures and print, flow of text from left to right ... and (not always but usually) top to bottom, by sitting on an adults lap and following a finger along the print or pointing to pictures" (Bruce et al 2000:163). "Children need to be ... given the chance to handle...

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... also censored if it showed too much of the truth, moreover not even soldiers letters were left to the way they were written even these personal notes were censored. This is an example of the way the government used propaganda to keep the public happy about the war and get normal men to ... sign up for the war. However in 1916 the first reporters were allowed to go and report their findings on the front line but only the good news for e.g. how well the soldiers were fighting and the heroism that was being showed by the army. ... suffered during that battle. The government also used book...

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