Wild Things: Children's Culture and Ecocriticism

Book Overview

The first book-length study of the relationship between children's literature and ecocriticism.

Today's young children are occupied with numerous activities taking place in settings that are isolated from nature or merely 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814330282
• ISBN13: 9780814330289
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"