How to Save the World and Other Lessons from Children's Environmental Literature.
This article argues that most contemporary children's environmental picture books and easy readers published in the United States focus overwhelmingly on individual environmentalist acts and lifestyle changes, overlook the connections between environmental degradation and systemic social problems su...
| Publicado en: | Children's Literature in Education Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 283 - 300 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2016
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