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Within the entertaining pages of many children's books... lie profound teachings about the natural world that can help children develop an educated and engaged appreciation of the dynamic environment they inhabit.

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Children's literature "increasingly promoted children's environmental agency and envisioned their potential influence on concerns ranging from animal rights and interspecies equity to conservation and environmental justice."

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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.