Literatura dziecięca i młodzieżowa w obliczu katastrofy klimatycznej Nadzieje i możliwości szerzenia postawy proekologicznej za pomocą tekstów literackich
Children’s and Young Adult Literature in the Face of the Climate Catastrophe Hopes and Possibilities of Spreading the Pro-Ecological Attitude Through Literary Texts

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to indicate a turn towards Mother Earth in children’s and young adult literature and to capture the possibilities offered by this turn in terms of spreading pro-ecological attitudes among the indicated audience. The extensive introduction is intended to introduce the reader to the issues related to the climate catastrophe and to familiarize them with the assumptions of ecological humanities. The main part of the article is devoted to identifying and classifying examples of texts for children and adolescents in the field of both Polish and foreign ecoliterature. The analysis of selected books aims to emphasize the educational value of children’s and young adult literature for climate action and to show that it is, among others, thanks to literary texts that young people take / will take up the fight for a better tomorrow for the planet.

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