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Description of  Plants in Children s and Young Adult Literature (Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture)

From the forests of the tales of the Brothers Grimm to Enid Blytons The Faraway Tree, from the flowers of Cicely May Barkers fairies to the treehouse in Andy Griffith and Terry Dentons popular 13-Storey Treehouse series, trees and other plants have been enduring features of stories for children and young adults. Plants act as gateways to other worlds, as liminal spaces, as markers of permanence and change, and as metonyms of childhood and adolescence. This anthology is the first compilation devoted entirely to analysis of the representation of plants in childrens and young adult literatures, reflecting the recent surge of interest in cultural plant studies within the environmental humanities. Read more