The fault that invalidates your variable is that children will independently pick up books, regardless of parents. What they tend to do with those books, pre-li

The fault that invalidates your variable is that children will independently pick up books, regardless of parents. What they tend to do with those books, pre-literacy, are the building blocks of later literacy. Additionally, this process can be helped if the child incidentally happens to see literacy modeled on TV for example. This sounds interesting and I would like to know more about it. If you do not believe me, then consult a textbook or google scholar. Assuming that you'd know what you'd need to read across the domain. I'm not sure whether you're trying to be helpful by pointing me at academic papers, or mocking me by suggesting my lack of related academic credentials means I won't be able to find what I'm hoping to find. In either case, it would be helpful if you could suggest one or two papers that illustrate your point about book exposure without reading. I can follow the citations in both directions to find others.