Abstract
There is an utmost need today that the children must be made aware regarding the present state, protection and preservation of the environment. Children’s literature is funny, interesting, informative, and imaginative. Picture books are a very effective tool to promote environmental literacy. Eco-writing, in the form of children’s literature can enhance environmental literacy. Dr. Seuss’ classic children’s book Horton Hears a Who! raises questions about the theory and nature of knowledge. Just as the animals disagree about what is real, so should the children as well. This paper is an attempt to emphasize how eco-literature can motivate the children to get engaged with the environment and develop their knowledge of environmental concepts.…show more content… In her essay “Environmental Justice Children’s Literature: Depicting, Defending and Celebrating Trees and Birds, colors and People” Kamala Platt challenges the consensus understanding of ecocriticism. She also offers fascinating readings of environmental justice books for children. Teachers can encourage their students to go through the books about environmental literacy and tell them about the messages which these books have for the humanity. Literature can be an effective tool for teaching earth science and fossils. The children can be made to read books like A Dinosaur Named Sue: The Story of the Colossal Fossil by Pat Reif. For illustration of his point, the teacher can bury some fossils and the children may be allowed to dig them up and use toothbrushes to clean them. Environmental justice emerged as a concept in the United States in the early 1980s. The term has two distinct uses. The first and more common usage describes a social movement in the United States whose focus is on the fair distribution of environmental benefits and burdens. In the US, environmental justice was introduced to the children in schools which can benefit them throughout their life. This subject is an attempt to emphasize how eco-literature can motivate the children to get engaged with the environment and develop their knowledge of environmental concepts. It examines…show more content… However, the Mayor informs him that Whoville is in bad shape from the fall, and Horton notices that the sour kangaroo and the monkeys have caught up to him. They tie Horton up and portend to boil the speck in a pot of "Beezle-Nut" oil. To save Whoville, Horton implores the little people to make as much noise as they can, to prove their existence. So almost everyone in Whoville shouts, sings, and plays instruments, but still no one but Horton can hear them. So the Mayor searches Whoville until he finds a very small shirker named JoJo, who is playing with a yo-yo instead of making noise. The Mayor carries him to the top of Eiffelberg Tower, where Jojo lets out a loud "Yopp!", which finally makes the kangaroo and the monkeys family hear the Whos. Now convinced of the Whos's existence, the other jungle animals vow to help Horton protect the tiny