TY - BOOK AU - Woodard,Rebecca AU - Schutz,Kristine M. AU - Shalaby,Carla TI - Teaching climate change to children: literacy pedagogy that cultivates sustainable futures T2 - Language and literacy series SN - 9780807769782 AV - QC903 .W65 2024 U1 - 372.357 23/eng/20240412 PY - 2024/// CY - New York, Berkeley, CA PB - Teachers College Press, National Writing Project KW - Climatic changes KW - Study and teaching (Elementary) KW - United States KW - Environmental literacy KW - Language arts (Elementary) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword / Carla Shalaby -- Being of use : teaching children about climate change through literacy -- Lighting our way : anchoring themes for a literature-rich climate curriculum that centers diverse books -- Starting small : growing literacy-based climate pedagogy by enhancing existing curricula -- Going big : growing literacy-based climate pedagogy through unit design -- Embracing feelings : the importance of an emotionally affirming stance in literacy-based climate pedagogy -- Nourishing our hearts : the promise of the arts in literacy-based climate pedagogy -- We are not alone : how elementary teachers can take action now to cultivate sustainable futures N2 - "Replete with classroom examples, this book demonstrates that young children (pre-K-6) are capable of learning about climate change; that climate change and social justice are inextricable from each other; and that literacy instruction is well-suited to this work. The authors take an emotionally affirming stance and examine the potential of incorporating arts-based methods"-- ER -