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The Giving Trees: Elsa Beskow, Ecocriticism, and the Benevolent Forest
- Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 58, Number 4, 2020
- pp. 12-21
- 10.1353/bkb.2020.0065
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
Rachel Sakrisson analyzes three picturebooks by beloved Swedish author Elsa Beskow, which present an alternative form of environmental activism. Sakrisson argues that Beskow's picturebooks, written prior to the rise of modern conservationism, promote a more accessible forest space than is typically encountered in children's literature.