All WRAP’d Up: Climate Change In K-12 Literature
The Teen Reading Ambassadors created this issue of All WRAP’d Up after reading books where climate is central to the setting, plot and characters. We also met with LaCher Pacheco, a scholar in the Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies Department in the U of A College of Education, who talked to us about her experience using climate-aware literature with children in Northern Arizona and shared her booklist. Additionally, we took a field trip to ENR2 (Environment and Natural Resources) building to imagine how we can build sustainably in the desert. Quin notes in his Letter from the Editor, “Thank you, reader, for taking a step with us to raise awareness."
This post includes selected pages from the ‘zine and information on how to request a paper copy.
All WRAP’d Up! Volume 3, Issue 1 Cover
Response to "The Danger of Small Things" by Caryl Lewis wherein bee colony collapse leads to dystopia.
It's cool to respect the earth.
Books Informing this Issue:
Green Rising by Wren James
The Danger of Small Things by Caryl Lewis
Onward: 16 Climate Fiction Short Stories edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter
Catch Me If I Fall by Barry Jonsberg
Imaginary Borders by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
Can You Hear the Plants Speak? by Nicholas Hummingbird with Julia Wasson and Madelyn Goodnight (illus.)
Black Beach: A Community, an Oil Spill, and the Origin of Earth Day by Shaunna and John Stith and Maribel Lechuga (illus.)
I Love Salmon and Lampreys: A Native Story of Resilience by Brook M. Thompson and Anastasia Khmelevska (illus.)
The First Blade of Sweet Grass by Suzanne Greenlaw, Gabriel Frey and Nancy Baker (illus.)
A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis by Meera Subramanian and Danica Novgorodoff
Reading Picture Books with Children by Megan Dowd Lambert
All the Stars In the Sky by Art Coulson and Winona Nelson (illus.)
Walking Together by Elder Albert D. Marshall, Louise Zimanyi and Emily Kewageshig (illus.)
The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation by Alice B. McGinty and Shonto Begay (illus.)
Birdsong by Julia Flett
The Goat In the Rug by Geraldine as told to Charles L. Blood, Martin Link and Nancy Winslow Parker (illus.)
Wild Berries by Julie Flett
You Are the Land by Steph Littlebird
Berry Song by Michaela Goade
Consultants: Rebecca Ballenger and Aika Adamson
If you would like a black and white copy of our ‘zine response to these books, send a 6.5 X 9.5 self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE - flat rate for under 2 oz.) to: Worlds of Words Center - TRAP, U of A College of Education, 1430 E Second St, Rm 453, Tucson, AZ 85721
For more information on TRAP, visit wowlit.org.
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