The author develops practical methods of determining the reading interests of children and gives the results of records collected in libraries and schools. The book presents material that should be of considerable value to children's departments in libraries, teachers, students of educational psychology and all those who are interested in the conscious control and development of the mental background of future citizens.Originally published in 1926.

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