许继*：The impact of a baby book intervention on promoting positive reading beliefs and increasing reading frequency for low-income（图谋译：幼儿图书干预对促进积极的阅读观念与低收入人群增加阅读频率的影响）， new mothers (n = 167) was examined. The Baby Books Project randomly assigned low-income， first-time mothers to one of three study conditions， receiving educational books， non-educational books， orno books， during pregnancy and over the first year of parenthood. Home-based data collection occurred through pregnancy until 18 months post-partum. Mothers who received free baby books had higher beliefs about the importance of reading， the value of having resources to support reading， and the importance of verbal participation during reading. The results showed that providing any type of baby books to mothers positively influenced maternal reading beliefs， but did not increase infant-mother reading practices. Maternal reading beliefs acrossall three groups were significantly associated with self-reported re圕人堂周讯（总第24期 20141024） 愿景(VISION)：圕结就是力量！resent study investigated whether and how a picture book promoting carrots can increase young children's carrot consumption. One hundred and four children (aged 4-6years) participated in shared reading sessions using the book on five consecutive days in school. These childrenwere assigned randomly to one of four experimental conditions. In a2×2 between-subjects design， the reading style and character in thebook were manipulated. The reading style was either passive (listening to the story) or interactive (also answering questions about the story). The character in the book fitted either conceptually well withcarrots (a rabbit) or not (a turtle). Compared to a baseline group of56 children who were not exposed to the book， the children in the experimental groups consumed almost twice as much carrots (in proportion to other foods consumed)， F(1，159)=7.08， p<.01. Results suggestthat picture books are particularly effective when children are actively involved， answering questions about the story. Young children seem to enjoy this interactive shared reading style， triggering positive feelings that increase children's liking and consumption of the healthy food promoted in the book. 这个研究有意思。