An anthology of adventures with children in the natural world, from capturing fireflies to encountering a grizzly bear.
Rachel Carson's classic 1956 essay “Help Your Child to Wonder” urged adults to help children experience the “sense of wonder” that comes only from a relationship with nature. It's clear we haven't succeeded in following her advice: eight-year-olds surveyed in the United Kingdom could identify more Pokémon characters than common wildlife species; and Richard Louv's recent best-selling book Last Child in the Woods identifies a “nature deficit disorder” in children around the world. But today a growing number of environmentally minded parents, teachers, and other adults are seeking to restore nature to its rightful place in children's lives. This anthology gathers personal essays recounting adventures great and small with children in the natural world.
The authors—writing as parents, teachers, mentors, and former children—describe experiences that range from bird watching to an encounter with an apple butter-loving grizzly bear. Rick Bass captures fireflies with his children and reflects on fatherhood; Michael Branch observes wryly that both gardening and parenting are “disciplines of sustainability”; Lauret Savoy wonders how African American children can connect to the the land after generations of estrangement; and Sandra Steingraber has “the big talk” with her children, not about sex but about global warming.
By turns lyrical, comic, and earnest, these writings guide us to closer connections with nature and with the children in our lives, for the good of the planet and our own spiritual and physical well-being.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Julie Dunlap is the author or coauthor of many children's books about nature and the environment, including Louisa May and Mr. Thoreau's Flute and Parks for the People: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted. Stephen R. Kellert is Tweedy Ordway Professor Emeritus of Social Ecology at Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is the author of a number of books, including Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection, and the coeditor of Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Foundations (MIT Press).
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 3,68
In U.S.A.
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Codice articolo Holz_New_026251690X
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Codice articolo GoldenDragon026251690X
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. New. Codice articolo Wizard026251690X
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Codice articolo think026251690X
Descrizione libro Condizione: new. Codice articolo FrontCover026251690X
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: New. Brand New!. Codice articolo VIB026251690X
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 344 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo 026251690X
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Brand New Copy. Codice articolo BBB_new026251690X
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.97. Codice articolo Q-026251690X