Table 1.

Descriptive Data for Groups at Pretest

	Experimental M (SD)	Storybook Control M (SD)	Non-Treatment Control M (SD)
Age	4.48 (0.36)	4.34 (0.43)	4.43 (0.49)
PPVT-4 standard scores	95.86 (9.56)	98.56 (11.02)	95.23 (10.12)
Gender	46% Female	52% Female	39% Female
Race	46% Caucasian	52% Caucasian	54% Caucasian
Activity Level	1.14 (0.19)	1.08 (0.14)	N/A
Attention	1.22 (0.25)	1.18 (0.24)	N/A
Months Known by Teacher	7.38 (5.80)	7.47 (5.98)	10.28 (7.35)
Annual Family Income	$11,885 ($5,667)	$10,198 ($8,848)	$14,854 ($10,123)
Parental Education in Years	12.93 (1.07)	12.32 (1.36)	12.55 (1.64)
Minutes Per Day Spent Reading to Child (scale of 1 to 4)	2.79 (0.89)	3.09 (0.61)	2.90 (0.64)
Frequency of Reading Books to Child in Prior Week (scale of 1 to 4)	3.14 (0.77)	3.23 (0.75)	2.95 (.99)