De l’arbre au paysage d’arbres

Abstract

This article presents a project for building the awareness among children for tree landscapes based on children’s books. A reading programme including three realistic fiction albums is considered. The first album immerses the young readers (aged 6 to 10 approximately) in the world of trees, a reassuring living environment. In the second book, the tree represents an invitation to climb upwards thus making tree landscapes objects of aesthetic and scientific interest. In the third album, the readers discover a landscape in which trees have different functions interrelated with important socio-economic systems and social problems. In the reading programme, tree landscapes appear through the meanings and actions of individuals. The main contemporary points of entry into the landscape (ecological, sensitive, aesthetic and socio-political) can thus be introduced to children.

Keywords

• tree landscape
• learning
• children
• children’s books