Producing a popular image of the Amazon rainforest and indigenous peoples in picturebooks in English-speaking societies

For many years the media have presented the rainforest as a fascinating and exotic place, abundant in various species of plants and animals, the home of people decorated with feathers or holding spears. Picturebooks are no exception. This article presents the ways a popular image of the Amazon fores...

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Published in:	Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji
Main Author:	Aleksandra Wierucka
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Gdańsk 2016-05-01
Subjects:	indigenous cultures picturebooks children's literature Amazon Basin
Online Access:	https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/pwe/article/view/795

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