Wild things : children's culture and ecocriticism / edited by Sidney I. Dobrin and Kenneth B. Kidd.
| Other author | Dobrin, Sidney I., 1967- |
| Other author | Kidd, Kenneth B. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2004. |
| Description | ix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Landscapes of childhood Landscapes of childhood. ^A583843 |
| Contents | 'He made us very much like the flowers': human/nature in nineteenth-century Anglo-American children's literature / Maude Hines -- 'Foundation stones': natural history for children in St. Nicholas magazine / Kaye Adkins -- Somewhere outside the forest: ecological ambivalence in Neverland from The little white bird to Hook / M. Lynn Byrd -- The wild and wild animal characters in the ecofeminist novels of Beatrix Potter and Gene Stratton-Potter / Marion W. Copeland -- Arthur Ransome and the conservation of the English lakes / Karen Welberry -- E. B. White's paean to life: the environmental imagination of Charlotte's web / Lynn Overholt Wake -- EcoLewis: conservation and anticolonialism in The chronicles of Narnia / Nicole M. DuPluss -- Playing seriously with Dr. Seuss: a pedagogical response to The Lorax / Bob Henderson, Merle Kennedy, and Chuck Chamberlin -- 'The world around them': the changing depiction of nature in Owl magazine / Tara L. Holton and Tim B. Rogers -- Still putting out 'fires': Ranger Rick and animal/human stewardship / Arlene Plevin -- Environmental justice children's literature: depicting, defending, and celebrating trees and birds, colors and people / Kamala Platt -- (Em)bracing icy mothers: ideology, identity, and environment in children's fantasy / Naomi Wood -- Eco-edu-tainment: the construction of the child in contemporary environmental children's music / Michelle H. Martin -- 'It's not easy being green': Jim Henson, the Muppets, and ecological literacy / Sidney I. Dobrinn -- Cartoons and contamination: how the multinational kids help Captain Planet save Gaia / Susan Jaye Dauer -- Disney of Orlando's animal kingdom / Kenneth B. Kidd |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2003028060 |
| ISBN | 0814330274 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814330282 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR143 .W55 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |