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Reader, come home : the reading brain in a digital world

2019

Format:	Book
Author:	Wolf, Maryanne, author.
Title:	Reader, come home : the reading brain in a digital world / Maryanne Wolf ; illustrated by Catherine Stoodley.
Edition:	First Harper Paperbacks edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Harper, 2019. ©2018
Description:	viii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary:	"rom the author of Proust and the Squid comes a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative epistolary book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:	Reading, Psychology of. Books and reading -- Psychological aspects. Reading comprehension -- Psychological aspects. Reading -- Technological innovations.
Other Author:	Stoodley, C. J., illustrator.
Other Title:	Reading brain in a digital world
Notes:	"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2018 by HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-247) and index.
Contents:	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.
ISBN:	0062388770 9780062388773
Other Number:	1099997700
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	995692
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Call Number:	418.401 Wolf

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