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    Motivation to read in grades K – 2: a cross-cultural perspective
    (Routledge, 2019) Pelusa Orellana; Lorraine Jacques; Riitta‐Liisa Korkeamäki; Eufimia Tafa; Linda B. Gambrell
    We examined early elementary children’s reading motivation in four different countries. Results revealed that reading motivation is a stable construct in countries like Chile, Finland, Greece, and the United States. Motivation to read followed similar patterns across the countries, with increased scores at the end of the school year. This trend differs from what has been reported in the literature for older students. Significant gender differences were observed mainly for Finnish and Greek students. Understanding early reading motivation from a cross-cultural perspective can help identify commonalities in the initial development of reading motivation, and deepen our understanding about how it may differ in different cultural contexts.