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License: Licence agreement concerning inclusion of doctoral thesis in the Institutional Repository of the University of LeidenNot Applicable • April 20th, 2015
Narrative stories like picture storybooks have an important role in the lives of young children, they are a source of cognitive, social and emotional development. Stories support language development by exposing children to sophisticated words and expressions in addition to teaching literacy skills like print and letter knowledge (Bus, van IJzendoorn, & Pellegrini, 1995; Mol & Bus, 2011). According to the book reading paradigm young children are read print storybooks by an adult. However, with the rapid spread of technology, children’s stories are going digital.
