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Potentially reflecting children’s well-documented affinity for/with animals, this media—  \nbooks, toys, songs, clothing, electronic media, and so on—carries with it many explicit and implicit messages about animals and human-animal relationships. This article focuses on the particularly foundational age of children under four and their parents/caregivers as children’s first early childhood environmental educators. Drawing on ecofeminism, ecocriticism, and early childhood environmental education, we explore messages about animals in children’s media, critically considering notions of mis-and dis-placement, anthropomorphism, and subjectivity. Our inquiry challenges parents and environmental educators to reconsider the lessons young children learn about animals from their surrounding media and explore possible alternatives that question and seek to transform social and ecological inequalities.  \nRésumé  \nLes médias destinés aux jeunes enfants présentent régulièrement des animaux à titre de personnages principaux. Représentant possiblementlaprédilection maintes fois attestée des enfants pour les animaux, ces médias (livres, jouets, chansons, vêtements, médias électroniques, etc.) sont accompagnés de nombreux messages explicites et implicites sur les animaux et les relations humain-animal. Le présent article met l’accent sur l’âge des plus propice des enfants de moins de quatre anset leurs parents/gardiens en tant que tout premiers éducateurs en environnement. En puisant dans l’écoféminisme, l’écocritique et l’éducation environnementale à la petite enfance, nous examinons les messages sur les animaux dans les médias destinés aux enfants, nous penchant d’un point de vue critique sur les notions de « mal- » et « dé- » -placement, d’anthropomorphisme et de subjectivité . Notre étude met au défi les parents et éducateurs en environnement de remettre en question les leçons que tirent les jeunes enfants des animaux représentés dans les médias leur étant destinés, et examine les autres méthodes pouvant remettre en cause et transformer les inégalités sociales et écologiques.  \nKeywords: early childhood, animals, media, environmental education, ecocriticism, parenting  \nCanadian Journal of Environmental Education, 16, 2011 59  \nOnce Upon a Zebra…  \nNora: Last year, my son Bridger was given a stuffed zebra as a gift. Not just any zebra, this one is miniature and sits within a small faux zebra-hide handbag, its head sticking out one end and its tail the other. When Bridger squeezes its belly, the zebra squawks out: “How. Are. You? How. Are. You?” As I hear the toy’s question for the  \n10th time today, I silently have my own: “Who. Made. You? What. Are. You?”  \nWhat are our children learning about animals via their toys, books, music, films, and other media? Even for minimalist,“outdoorsy” parents, media showcasing animals as their central characters, such as animal puzzles, animal songs, baby’s first animal books, even animal pyjamas, are significant parts of infants’ and children’s lives and learning. Much research and theory points to the importance of the connection between animals and children (Kahn & Kellert, 2002; Le Guin, 2004; Myers, 2007; Sobel, 1996), notwithstanding the obvious that human beings are animals. However, as environmental educators and mothers of young children, we wonder about the types of stories these media are communicating and/or silencing during the formative years from birth to age four.  \nDefining media broadly to include toys, books, clothing, electronic media, music, art, and so on, this article first inquires into the rationale behind why animals feature so prominently in young children’s media. Subsequently, we consider some of the messages embedded in this media that inf","cbCaisR08KeBk84m","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisR08KeBk84m","pdf",270814,17,"English","# Abstract\n# Once Upon a Zebra…\n# Giggles and Goggle Eyes: Children’s Affinity for/with Animals","[{\"question\":\"Why does children’s media commonly feature animals as central characters?\",\"answer\":\"The article notes that young children’s media regularly uses animals as main characters, reflecting children’s affinity for animals and producing messages about animals and human-animal relationships through many media formats.\"},{\"question\":\"What age group does the article focus on?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on foundational early childhood, specifically children under four and their parents or caregivers.\"},{\"question\":\"Which concepts does the article critically examine in children’s media about animals?\",\"answer\":\"It critically considers mis-and dis-placement, anthropomorphism, and (lack of) subjectivity, arguing that these shape how children learn about nonhuman animals and relationships.\"}]","Too Many Monkeys Jumping in Their Heads - Animal Lessons within Young Children’s Media | PDF",1792085163,43]