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ERIC Number: EJ1482189
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 10
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-9170
EISSN: EISSN-1943-2402
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Representations of Hope for Climate Action: An Analysis of Environmental Narratives in Children's Picturebooks
Ysaaca Axelrod; Jenny Brownson; Candance Doerr-Stevens; Denise Ives
Language Arts, v102 n4 p161-170 2025
Using content analysis and a framework of hope, this study examines how children's picturebooks explain the impact of climate change and ways to work toward climate justice. Four recurring themes across the books that address the guiding conceptualizations of hope are found: (1) interdependence; (2) collective action; (3) care and kindship across living systems; and (4) repeated action, continuity, and sustained resistance. The authors highlight the diversity of ways that hope can be depicted in the face of the climate crisis, demonstrating that hope can show up in different ways to create different pathways to engagement.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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