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Routledge Library Editions: Children's Literature (Hardcover): Routledge Library Editions: Children's Literature (Hardcover)
R8,113 R6,866 Discovery Miles 68 660 Save R1,247 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reissuing works originally published between 1981 and 2000 this set offers an outstanding small collection of scholarship. It includes volumes on Victorian fiction for children, boys' school stories, heroes in children's literature, boyhood and children's literature as art and how criticism developed for the genre.

Children's Literature Studies - A Research Handbook (Hardcover): Matthew O. Grenby, Kimberly Reynolds Children's Literature Studies - A Research Handbook (Hardcover)
Matthew O. Grenby, Kimberly Reynolds
R3,136 Discovery Miles 31 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Children's literature is a rapidly expanding field of research which presents students and researchers with a number of practical and intellectual challenges. This research handbook is the first devoted to the specialist skills and complexities of studying children's literature at university level. Bringing together the expertise of leading international scholars, it combines practical advice with in-depth discussion of critical approaches. Wide- ranging in approach, "Children's Literature Studies: A Research Handbook: " * Considers 'children's literature' in its fullest sense, examining visual texts (such as picturebooks), films, computer games and other 'transformed' texts, as well as more traditional modes of writing for children* Offers a step-by-step guide to devising, starting and carrying out a research project (such as a dissertation or thesis), and advice on what kinds of research it is possible and profitable to undertake* Surveys the different methodologies and theoretical approaches used by children's literature scholars* Includes case studies, questions and exercises to reinforce ideas discussed in each chapter* Provides lists of further reading and a specialist glossary that will remain a useful reference resource. This handbook will be an essential companion for those studying children's literature, whether as undergraduates, postgraduates, or beyond.

Children, Film and Literacy (Hardcover, New): Becky Parry Children, Film and Literacy (Hardcover, New)
Becky Parry
R1,812 Discovery Miles 18 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Children, Film and Literacy explores the role of film in children's lives. The films children engage in provide them with imaginative spaces in which they create, play and perform familiar and unfamiliar, fantasy and everyday narratives and this narrative play is closely connected to identity, literacy and textual practices. Family is key to the encouragement of this social play and, at school, the playground is also an important site for this activity. However, in the literacy classroom, some children encounter a discontinuity between their experiences of narrative at home and those that are valued in school. Through film children develop understandings of the common characteristics of narrative and the particular 'language' of film. This book demonstrates the ways in which children are able to express and develop distinct and complex understandings of narrative, that is to say, where they can draw on their own experiences (including those in a moving image form). Children whose primary experiences of narrative are moving images face particular challenges when their experiences are not given opportunities for expression in the classroom, and this has urgent implications for the teaching of literacy.

Exploring Challenging Picturebooks in Education - International Perspectives on Language and Literature Learning (Paperback):... Exploring Challenging Picturebooks in Education - International Perspectives on Language and Literature Learning (Paperback)
Ase Ommundsen, Gunnar Haaland, Bettina Kummerling-Meibauer
R1,146 Discovery Miles 11 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What should children and students read? This volume explores challenging picturebooks as learning materials in early childhood education, primary and secondary school, and even universities. It addresses a wide range of thematic, cognitive, and aesthetic challenges and educational affordances of picturebooks in various languages and from different countries. Written by leading and emerging scholars in the field of picturebook studies and literacy research, the book discusses the impact of challenging picturebooks in a comprehensive manner and combines theoretical considerations, picturebook analyses, and empirical studies with children and students. It introduces stimulating picturebooks from all continents and how they are used or may be used in educational settings and contexts. The chapters touch on subjects like reading promotion, second-language acquisition, art education, interdisciplinary learning, empathy development, minority issues, and intercultural competence. Moreover, they consider relevant aspects of the educational environments, such as the inclusion of picturebooks in the curriculum, the significance of school libraries, and the impact of publishers. Exploring Challenging Picturebooks in Education sheds new light on the multiple dimensions relevant to investigating the impact of picturebooks on learning processes and the development of multimodal literacy competencies. It thus makes a significant contribution to the growing area of picturebook research and will be key reading for educators, researchers, and post-graduate students in the field of literacy studies, children's literature, and education research.

J. K. Rowling (Hardcover): Cynthia Hallett, Peggy Huey J. K. Rowling (Hardcover)
Cynthia Hallett, Peggy Huey
R2,494 Discovery Miles 24 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

J. K. Rowling's popular series of books about the boy wizard Harry Potter has captivated readers of all ages around the world. Selling more than 400 million copies, and adapted into highly successful feature films, the stories have attracted both critical acclaim and controversy. In this collection of brand new essays, an international team of contributors examines the complete Harry Potter series from a variety of critical angles and approaches. There are discussions on topics ranging from fairytale, race and gender, through to food, medicine, queer theory and the occult. The volume also includes coverage of the films and the afterlife of the series with the opening of Rowling's 'Pottermore' website. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in the Harry Potter phenomenon, this exciting resource provides thoughtful new ways of exploring the issues and concepts found within Rowling's world.

Dictionary of American Young Adult Fiction, 1997-2001 - Books of Recognized Merit (Hardcover, New): Agnes Regan Perkins Dictionary of American Young Adult Fiction, 1997-2001 - Books of Recognized Merit (Hardcover, New)
Agnes Regan Perkins
R2,927 Discovery Miles 29 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Young adult readers have special needs and concerns, and librarians have become increasingly interested in selecting books suitable for them. This reference provides information about 290 books for young adults. These books received major awards between 1997 and 2001, reflect the voices of 242 different authors, and range from new to familiar themes. Included are nearly 750 alphabetically arranged entries for individual works, authors, characters, and settings. Many of these books were originally written for adults but have become popular among younger readers. Entries for works provide plot summaries and critical assessments, while author entries focus on those aspects of the writers' lives most relevant to literature for young people. The reference is a valuable selection tool for librarians and teachers and a useful guide for students.

Internationalism in Children's Series (Hardcover): K. Sands-O'connor, M. Frank Internationalism in Children's Series (Hardcover)
K. Sands-O'connor, M. Frank
R2,554 R1,801 Discovery Miles 18 010 Save R753 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Internationalism in Children's Series' investigates 'internationalism' through various cultural, historical and theoretical lenses in series created for a child readership. Using the familiarity of the series character and format to form a bridge to the wider world, authors from the 19th century to contemporary times have expanded the definition of internationalism. This volume examines these definitions as they vary from series to series and even book to book in a rapidly changing, ever-shrinking world.

Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Identity Issues (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Jeffrey S. Kaplan Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Identity Issues (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Jeffrey S. Kaplan
R1,852 Discovery Miles 18 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The search for one's identity is an ancient quest reflected throughout history in stories where human glory and conquest are often layered with great pain and self doubt, meant to help people discover themselves and who they are. Today, this quest is found prevalently in young adult novels, where characters wrestle with modern dilemmas in order to find themselves. This reference resource provides a link for teachers, media specialists, parents, and other adults to those novels and how to use them effectively. Educators and therapists explore the literature where common identity issues are addressed in ways intriguing to teens. Using fictional characters, these experts provide guidance on how to encourage adolescents to cope while improving their reading and writing skills.

Twelve novels are examined from both a literary and psychological perspective, allowing the readers to meet the central figures as if they were living human beings. Each chapter is written by a literature specialist who has teamed up with a therapist and confronts a different identity issue, examining such dilemmas as body image, the father/son relationship, bigotry, and peer relations. This pair of experts tries to define the central character's struggle in each novel to discover who they are and to become self-actualized individuals. Each chapter also provides an annotated bibliography of other works, both fiction and nonfiction, that explore these same issues to give readers not only the insight into helping teenagers with similar problems, but also the tools with which to get teenagers reading and addressing these problems. This innovative approach is meant to provide the opportunity for adults and adolescents to better understand each other.

Children, Deafness, and Deaf Cultures in Popular Media (Hardcover): John Stephens, Vivian Yenika-Agbaw Children, Deafness, and Deaf Cultures in Popular Media (Hardcover)
John Stephens, Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
R2,784 Discovery Miles 27 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Contributions by Cynthia Neese Bailes, Nina Batt, Lijun Bi, Helene Charderon, Stuart Ching, Helene Ehriander, Xiangshu Fang, Sara Kersten-Parish, Helen Kilpatrick, Jessica Kirkness, Sung-Ae Lee, Jann Pataray-Ching, Angela Schill, Josh Simpson, John Stephens, Corinne Walsh, Nerida Wayland, and Vivian Yenika-Agbaw Children, Deafness, and Deaf Cultures in Popular Media examines how creative works have depicted what it means to be a deaf or hard of hearing child in the modern world. In this collection of critical essays, scholars discuss works that cover wide-ranging subjects and themes: growing up deaf in a hearing world, stigmas associated with deafness, rival modes of communication, friendship and discrimination, intergenerational tensions between hearing and nonhearing family members, and the complications of establishing self-identity in increasingly complex societies. Contributors explore most of the major genres of children's literature and film, including realistic fiction, particularly young adult novels, as well as works that make deft use of humor and parody. Further, scholars consider the expressive power of multimodal forms such as graphic novel and film to depict experience from the perspective of children. Representation of the point of view of child characters is central to this body of work and to the intersections of deafness with discourses of diversity and social justice. The child point of view supports a subtle advocacy of a wider understanding of the multiple ways of being D/deaf and the capacity of D/deaf children to give meaning to their unique experiences, especially as they find themselves moving between hearing and Deaf communities. These essays will alert scholars of children's literature, as well as the reading public, to the many representations of deafness that, like deafness itself, pervade all cultures and are not limited to specific racial or sociocultural groups.

Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Health Issues (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Cynthia Ann Bowman Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Health Issues (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Cynthia Ann Bowman
R2,403 Discovery Miles 24 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Today, traditional illnesses and high risk behaviors of adolescents have become interrelated through the multitude of physical, social and emotional changes young people experience. Good literature which gives adolescents the truth has incredible power to heal and to renew. This reference resource provides a link for teachers, media specialists, parents, and other adults to those novels that can help adolescents struggling with health issues. Educators and therapists explore novels where common health issues are addressed in ways to captivate teens. Using fictional characters, these experts provide guidance on encouraging adolescents to cope while improving their reading and writing skills.

With the advancement in medicine, traditional types of health issues such as birth defects, cancer, and sensory impairment have shifted to more behavior related problems such as depression, alcoholism, and eating disorders. All of these issues and others are examined from both a literary and psychological perspective in thirteen chapters that explore health issues through fiction. Each chapter confronts a different health issue and is written by a literature specialist who has teamed up with a therapist. In each novel, these experts define the central character's struggle in coming to terms with an issue and growing in response to their difficulties. Annotated bibliographies of other works, both fiction and nonfiction, explore these same issues give readers insight into helping teenagers with similar problems, and provide the tools with which to get teenagers reading and addressing these problems.

Contemporary Children's Literature and Film - Engaging with Theory (Hardcover, New): Kerry Mallan Contemporary Children's Literature and Film - Engaging with Theory (Hardcover, New)
Kerry Mallan
R3,291 Discovery Miles 32 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bringing together the voices of leading and emerging scholars, this book provides an innovative and accessible guide to using theory to study children's literature and film. Integrating key theoretical approaches and thinkers from across feminism, ecocriticism, postcolonialism and poststructuralism, the book shows how these can be used as tools to analyse a range of contemporary children's literature and film texts. The book will be at the cutting-edge of scholarship, combining new approaches to not only locate children's texts within changing social, cultural and political contexts, but also to help navigate a changing 'post-theory' era.

The Translation of Children's Literature - A Reader (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Gillian Lathey The Translation of Children's Literature - A Reader (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Gillian Lathey
R696 Discovery Miles 6 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Since the late 1970s, scholarly interest in the translation of children’s books has increased at a rapid pace. Research across a number of disciplines has contributed to a developing knowledge and understanding of the cross-cultural transformation and reception of children’s literature. The purpose of this Reader is to reflect the diversity and originality of approaches to the subject by gathering together, for the first time, a range of journal articles and chapters on translation for children published during the last thirty years. From an investigation of linguistic features specific to translation for children, to accounts of the travels of international classics such as the Grimm Brothers’ Household Tales or Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio, to a model of narrative communication with the child reader in translated texts and, not least, the long-neglected comments of professional translators, these essays offer new insights into the challenges and difference of translating for the young.

Pasts at Play - Childhood Encounters with History in British Culture, 1750-1914 (Paperback): Rachel Bryant Davies, Barbara... Pasts at Play - Childhood Encounters with History in British Culture, 1750-1914 (Paperback)
Rachel Bryant Davies, Barbara Gribling
R566 Discovery Miles 5 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection brings together scholars from disciplines including Children's Literature, Classics, and History to develop fresh approaches to children's culture and the uses of the past. It charts the significance of historical episodes and characters during the long nineteenth-century (1750-1914), a critical period in children's culture. Boys and girls across social classes often experienced different pasts simultaneously, for purposes of amusement and instruction. The book highlights an active and shifting market in history for children, and reveals how children were actively involved in consuming and repackaging the past: from playing with historically themed toys and games to performing in plays and pageants. Each chapter reconstructs encounters across different media, uncovering the cultural work done by particular pasts and exposing the key role of playfulness in the British historical imagination. -- .

Sitting at the Feet of the Past - Retelling the North American Folktale for Children (Hardcover, New): Donald R. Hettinga, Gary... Sitting at the Feet of the Past - Retelling the North American Folktale for Children (Hardcover, New)
Donald R. Hettinga, Gary D. Schmidt
R2,700 Discovery Miles 27 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Must a folktale be connected to its culture? Can a tale with universal applications be transmitted from one culture to another without loss? Does a teller from one culture have the ability--or even the right--to relate a tale from another culture? What happens to a tale when it leaves the oral and adult arenas and appears in print for children? Is it legitimate for a reteller to create variants to suit a child audience? Children's literature is today the major conduit for folklore, and professionals in the field must consider these questions. Editors Gary Schmidt and Donald Hettinga have brought together twenty-three writers of children's literature, illustrators, storytellers, and literary critics, who explore the issues and offer their experiences and views. The scope of the volume is the North American folktale, a rich amalgam of four major distinct traditions: the Native American folktale, the African American folktale, the retold Western European folktale, and the American tall tale. Each tradition is separately presented with an introductory survey and a selection of essays by the writers and critics. This focused collection will be valuable to scholars and professions in folklore, anthropology, American literature, and children's literature and useful also as a text in courses on children's literature and folklore.

Pagan Themes in Modern Children's Fiction - Green Man, Shamanism, Earth Mysteries (Hardcover): P. Bramwell Pagan Themes in Modern Children's Fiction - Green Man, Shamanism, Earth Mysteries (Hardcover)
P. Bramwell
R1,464 Discovery Miles 14 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Applying a range of critical approaches to works by authors including Susan Cooper, Catherine Fisher, Geraldine McCaughrean, Anthony Horowitz and Philip Pullman, this book looks at the formative and interrogative relationship between recent children's literature and fashionable but controversial aspects of modern Paganism.

Young Adult Literature - Exploration, Evaluation, and Appreciation (Paperback, 3rd edition): Katherine Bucher, Kaaavonia... Young Adult Literature - Exploration, Evaluation, and Appreciation (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Katherine Bucher, Kaaavonia Hinton-Johnson
R3,594 Discovery Miles 35 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Young Adult Literature: Exploration, Evaluation, and Appreciation is an exciting new book developed to identify for teachers how to better connect adolescents with good literature. Comprehensive enough to ensure that teachers understand today's adolescents and the literature that will engage them, yet slim enough to ensure readers have the opportunity to read the books themselves, this book will help teachers provide a rich educational experience for adolescents throughout the middle and secondary curriculum while nourishing their love of reading. This book addresses adolescent culture and the types of literature that engage adolescents, including horror, graphic novels, comic books, and many forms of media, more thoroughly and insightfully than any other on the market. Middle and Secondary Inservice Teachers and Reading Specialists.

Rafaelito's Gift (Hardcover): Allison Fullam Rafaelito's Gift (Hardcover)
Allison Fullam; Illustrated by Garth Beams
R618 R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Save R99 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Constructing the Canon of Children's Literature - Beyond Library Walls and Ivory Towers (Paperback): Anne Lundin Constructing the Canon of Children's Literature - Beyond Library Walls and Ivory Towers (Paperback)
Anne Lundin
R1,602 Discovery Miles 16 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this pioneering historical study, Anne Lundin argues that schools, libraries, professional organizations, and the media together create and influence the constantly changing canon of children's literature. Lundin examines the circumstances out of which the canon emerges, and its effect on the production of children's literature. The volume includes a comprehensive list of canonical titles for reference.

What Katy Did (Paperback, Special edition): Susan Coolidge What Katy Did (Paperback, Special edition)
Susan Coolidge; Edited by Hilary Emmett, Thomas Ruys Smith; Introduction by Bethan Addison; Notes by Bethan Addison; Introduction by …
R308 Discovery Miles 3 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Writers of Multicultural Fiction for Young Adults - A Bio-Critical Sourcebook (Hardcover): M. Daphne Kutzer Writers of Multicultural Fiction for Young Adults - A Bio-Critical Sourcebook (Hardcover)
M. Daphne Kutzer
R2,432 Discovery Miles 24 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Multicultural fiction is an essential part of the American literary landscape. This reference helps scholars, teachers, and librarians choose significant texts from both the past and present, and provides guidance in approaching multicultural issues as they are discussed in fiction for young adults. Included are entries for 51 writers, some of whom have nearly been forgotten, others who are just emerging. Each entry provides biographical, critical, and bibliographical information, while a general bibliography of works on multicultural literature concludes the book.

Authors included range from the nearly forgotten, such as Laura Adams Armer, to the newly discovered, such as Graham Salisbury, winner of the 1994 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. The breadth of authors covered ensures an historical context for the issues raised by multiculturalism, and the sections on the critical reception of each author address such important issues as the authority and authenticity of the writer to comment on a different culture. Contributors are of many different ethnicities and include important scholars of children's literature, lending authenticity and authority to the volume itself.

Victorian Coral Islands of Empire, Mission, and the Boys' Adventure Novel (Paperback): Michelle Elleray Victorian Coral Islands of Empire, Mission, and the Boys' Adventure Novel (Paperback)
Michelle Elleray
R1,210 Discovery Miles 12 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Attending to the mid-Victorian boys' adventure novel and its connections with missionary culture, Michelle Elleray investigates how empire was conveyed to Victorian children in popular forms, with a focus on the South Pacific as a key location of adventure tales and missionary efforts. The volume draws on an evangelical narrative about the formation of coral islands to demonstrate that missionary investments in the socially marginal (the young, the working class, the racial other) generated new forms of agency that are legible in the mid-Victorian boys' adventure novel, even as that agency was subordinated to Christian values identified with the British middle class. Situating novels by Frederick Marryat, R. M. Ballantyne and W. H. G. Kingston in the periodical culture of the missionary enterprise, this volume newly historicizes British children's textual interactions with the South Pacific and its peoples. Although the mid-Victorian authors examined here portray British presence in imperial spaces as a moral imperative, our understanding of the "adventurer" is transformed from the plucky explorer to the cynical mercenary through Robert Louis Stevenson, who provides a late-nineteenth-century critique of the imperial and missionary assumptions that subtended the mid-Victorian boys' adventure novel of his youth.

Monsters Under the Bed - Critically investigating early years writing (Hardcover): Andrew Melrose Monsters Under the Bed - Critically investigating early years writing (Hardcover)
Andrew Melrose
R3,878 Discovery Miles 38 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Monsters Under the Bed is an essential text focussing on critical and contemporary issues surrounding writing for early years children. Containing a critically creative and a creatively critical investigation of the cult and culture of the child and childhood in fiction and non-fictional writing, it also contains a wealth of ideas and critical advice.

This text dynamically explores the issue of picture books, literacy and writing for early years children with a wider view on child-centred culture, communication and media. Internationally recognised as an expert in the field, Andrew Melrose encourages academics, researchers and students to examine the fundamental questions in writing for and addressing early years children, through an exploration of text and images. Accessibly written and lively in its approach, this book includes:

  • an accessible and critically important challenge to the latest international academic research and debates in the field of children 's literature and creative writing;
  • an extensive investigation of early years writing and reading;
  • a pathway to developing critical awareness of children 's literature, allowing students to develop their own critical ability and writing skills;
  • constant checkpoints throughout, in which the reader is encouraged to reflect on critically creative and creatively critical development.

Providing a coherent and pedagogical approach, this compelling text will be an indispensable resource for critics, writers and students interested in children's writing, as well as those on Creative Writing, Children's Literature and English BA and MA programmes. It will also be of great interest to those in teacher training, PGCE students and for those studying at Doctoral and Post-Doctoral level.

Here Comes the Bogeyman - Exploring contemporary issues in writing for children (Hardcover): Andrew Melrose Here Comes the Bogeyman - Exploring contemporary issues in writing for children (Hardcover)
Andrew Melrose
R3,876 Discovery Miles 38 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Here Comes the Bogeyman is an essential text focussing on critical and contemporary issues surrounding writing for children. Containing a critically creative and a creatively critical investigation of the cult and culture of the child and childhood in fiction and non-fictional writing, it also contains a wealth of ideas and critical advice to be shared with writers, students of children 's writing and students of writing. With scores of published children 's fiction books and films to his name, Andrew Melrose shares his extensive critical, teaching, writing and research experience to provide:

  • a critical and creative investigation of writing and reading for children in the early, middle and pre-teen years
  • an accessible and critically important challenge to the latest international academic research and debates in the field of children 's literature and creative writing.
  • an evaluation of what it means to write for a generation of media-savvy children
  • encouragement for critics, writers and students to develop their own critical, creative and writing skills in a stimulating and supportive manner
  • guidance on writing non-fiction and poetry
  • creative writing craftwork ideas which could be used as seminar topics or as individual reflections

This one-stop critical and creative text will be an indispensable resource for critics, writers and students interested in the cult and culture of writing for children; on Creative Writing BA and MA programmes; Children's Literature BA and MA programmes; English BA and MA programmes; Teacher Training, PGCE students and for those studying at Doctoral and Post-Doctoral level who are interested in writing for children.

Representing Africa in Children's Literature - Old and New Ways of Seeing (Paperback): Vivian Yenika-Agbaw Representing Africa in Children's Literature - Old and New Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
R1,373 Discovery Miles 13 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Representing Africa in Children's Literature explores how African and Western authors portray youth in contemporary African societies, critically examining the dominant images of Africa and Africans in books published between 1960 and 2005. The book focuses on contemporary children's and young adult literature set in Africa, examining issues regarding colonialism, the politics of representation, and the challenges posed to both "insiders" and "outsiders" writing about Africa for children.

Experiencing Environment and Place through Children's Literature (Hardcover): Amy Cutter-MacKenzie, Phillip Payne, Alan... Experiencing Environment and Place through Children's Literature (Hardcover)
Amy Cutter-MacKenzie, Phillip Payne, Alan Reid
R4,308 Discovery Miles 43 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Recent scholarship on children 's literature displays a wide variety of interests in classic and contemporary children 's books. While environmental and ecological concerns have led to an interest in ecocriticism, as yet there is little on the significance of the ecological imagination and experience to both the authors and readers young and old of these texts. This edited collection brings together a set of original international research-based chapters to explore the role of children 's literature in learning about environments and places, with a focus on how children 's literature may inform and enrich our imagination, experiences and responses to environmental challenges and injustice. Contributions from Australia, Canada, USA and UK explore the diverse ways in which children 's literature can provide what are arguably some of the first and possibly most formative engagements that some children might have with nature . Chapters examine classic and new storybooks, mythic tales, and image-based and/or written texts read at home, in school and in the field. Contributors focus on exploring how children 's literature mediates and informs our imagination and understandings of diverse environments and places, and how it might open our eyes and lives to other presences, understandings and priorities through stories, their telling and re-telling, and their analysis.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Environmental Education Research.

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