Today's children are occupied with activities taking place in
settings that are isolated from nature or are simulations of the
earth's natural environment. As a result, unless they receive
appropriate nature education, many children may never develop a
familiarity with and positive attitudes toward the natural world
that are so crucial to its preservation. Wild Things: Children's
Culture and Ecocriticism examines the ways in which literature,
media, and other cultural forms for young people address nature,
place, and ecology. Studies in children's culture and ecocriticism
have been largely separate enterprises; Wild Things is the first
book to conjoin the two fields. The book provides scholars and
teachers with in-depth discussion of particular texts as well as
larger historical patterns and theoretical paradigms. Essays focus
on classic literary works such as Chariotte's Web and The Lorax as
well as series fiction, nature magazines, environmental music and
videos, the Muppets and other Jim Henson productions, and Disney's
latest theme park, Animal Kingdom. Affording the reader a return to
the wild places of childhood - both real and imagined - Wild Things
is a first-class explorat
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