WOW Reads: S5, E2 - Climate Change Depictions In K-12 Literature
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Join the Teen Reading Ambassadors as we discuss climate change depictions in K-12 literature. We try to synthesize a lot in this episode, starting with the Whole Book Approach to children's literature. Our guest scholar provided a twist on the process so impactful that we workshop a renaming of the approach. We propose using Ecosia as a greener alternative when web browsing. Our reaction to "malfeasance" is as real as the impact polluters can have on the planet. We discuss who is most affected when the planet sustains harm and, finally, we reflect on our own thinking.
Special thanks to LaCher Pacheco from the Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies Department in the University of Arizona College of Education and the children she works with in northern Arizona. LaCher's focus is on children's and young adult literature and environmental and sustainability education.
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
Producer/Host: Rebecca Ballenger, Worlds of Words Center Associate Director
Coordinator: Aika Adamson, Worlds of Words Center Specialist
Audio Engineer: Alexis Mendoza, Worlds of Words Student Employee & Art Major
Student Coordinator: Juliana Zarazua, Student Employee & Psychology Major
Digital Collaborator: Melanie Reyes, Student Employee & Psychology Major
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Music is "Coffee Dreams of the Afternoon" by Mikael Carnevali
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