129369 20240731103350.0 doi 10.3389/feduc.2023.1304027 sideral 135630 ART-2023-135630 eng Laliena, Daniel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9476-8472 Picturebooks and reader training in the 21st century. An ecocritical reading of canonical works of children’s literature 2023 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The recent proliferation of environmental children’s literature and the growing interest in this type of books by researchers and proponents of ecocriticism could be deemed a byproduct of contemporary concerns regarding environmental sustainability. Considering books for children as more than mere tools for environmental awareness-raising prompts an approach to canonical picturebooks that reveals their ecocritical nature based on the esthetic, multimodal and literary dimensions of these works. This study proposes the analysis of 25 picturebooks by five influential female authors to identify the keys to their ecocritical reading. Indeed, the elements that define literary discourse construction in children’s books (paratextuality, illustration and design, character development and focalization) are precisely those that have proved to be fundamental in this sense. Interpreting these seminal works from an ecocritical vantage point updates them in step with current ecocentric paradigms by promoting a sense of wonder in young readers that leads them to delight in and reflect on nature and the environment. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S61-23R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2021-126392OB-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 0.627 2023 Education 2023 Q2 2.9 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Tabernero Sala, Rosa Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-2332-5807 4013 195 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Didácticas Específicas Área Didáctica Lengua y Liter. 8 (2023), [8 PP.] Frontiers in Education 2504-284X 372207 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129369/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2243299 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129369/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:129369 articulos driver 2024-07-31-09:54:08 ARTICLE