Green Books and Fun

Abstract

The aim of this article is to make evident the opportunity that global concerns about the condition of life on our planet and the flourishing of reading perspectives such as ecocriticism or green studies offer with regards to the study, understanding and promotion of young readers’ literature and literacy in English. We will begin by briefly stating what conventionally has been associated with a complex category such as children’s literature. Once this has been framed, we will summarize what is currently understood as ecocriticism or green studies in order to further present an overview of texts for children and young readers within the Anglophone literary tradition that may be read through this perspective.