A framework to critically consider the ecological sustainability messaging in children’s literature is presented to authors, illustrators and editors, as well as teachers, parents and students/children. We have applied this framework to three books from the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) 2015 Notables list using critical discourse analysis (CDA). Findings suggest that there are themes and images in these award-winning texts that do not support ecological sustainability and we argue that children’s literature should be judged with criteria including ecological sustainability. Our hope is that ecological sustainability principles and practices lead to changes in social discourse through intergenerational storytelling.

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屡获殊荣的早期儿童文学中对生态可持续性意识形态的批判性分析

向作者、插图画家和编辑，以及教师、家长和学生/儿童提供了一个批判性地考虑儿童文学中的生态可持续性信息的框架。我们使用批判性话语分析 (CDA) 将这个框架应用于澳大利亚儿童图书委员会 (CBCA) 2015 年知名人士名单中的三本书。调查结果表明，这些获奖文本中的主题和图像不支持生态可持续性，我们认为儿童文学应该以包括生态可持续性在内的标准来判断。我们希望生态可持续性原则和实践通过代际讲故事导致社会话语的变化。