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Environmental Literature for Children: Exploring the Great Lakes and New England Ecosystems

Environmental Literature for Children: Exploring the Great Lakes and New England Ecosystems. New Hampshire Libraries Conference May 9-10, 1999 Nancy Andersen Susan Miceli. Donald Hall. Poet Laureate of New Hampshire 1984-1989

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Environmental Literature for Children: Exploring the Great Lakes and New England Ecosystems

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  1. Environmental Literature for Children: Exploring the Great Lakes and New England Ecosystems New Hampshire Libraries Conference May 9-10, 1999 Nancy Andersen Susan Miceli

  2. Donald Hall • Poet Laureate of New Hampshire 1984-1989 • Winner of Lifetime Achievement Award from New Hampshire Writers and Publisher Project 1992 • Author of 11 children’s books, 15 books of poetry, 22 books of essays and fiction

  3. Nature Stories have power to: • Suggest a mood or point of view • Introduce an environmental theme • Inspire action

  4. Picture books and Juvenile fiction • Subject matter • Stories about nature and the environment (temperate zone ecosystems) • Definition • Environmental Concern • Conservation • Stewardship

  5. Evolution of environmental themes • Frontier mentality • Victorian view of nature • Contemporary views of nature

  6. Frontier View of Nature • Nature to be overcome • Nature to be exploited • Nature as separate from settlers’ actions

  7. Victorian View of Nature • Nature to be conquered • Nature as source of inspiration • Nature as objects in a collection

  8. Connect ~ possess ~ dominate Art from St. Nicholas Magazine

  9. Contemporary Views of Nature Nature to be rescued (didactic) Nature to be appreciated

  10. Early authors of environmental literature for children • Alvin Tresselt • Bill Peet • Dr. Seuss

  11. Rachael Carson Changed the Perception of Nature • Silent Spring 1962 • A Sense of Wonder 1956

  12. It is not half so important to KNOW as to FEEL. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil.

  13. Alvin Tresselt • Raindrops Splash 1946 • Hide and Seek Fog 1965 • The Beaver Pond 1970 • The Gift of the Tree 1972, 1992

  14. Bill Peet • Farewell to Shady Glade 1966 • Wump World 1970

  15. Dr. Seuss • The Lorax 1971

  16. Examples of Current Children’s Environmental Literature

  17. The power of a nature story is in its ability to create the sense of wonder.

  18. Bibliography location: http:// www.erie.net/~elit • Annotated bibliography of environmental picture books for children from 1993-1999

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