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The Geography of Childhood

Why Children Need Wild Places

Product Code: 5121
ISBN: 9780807085257
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon
Published Date: 01/01/1997
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In this unique collaboration, two naturalists ask what may happen now that so many more children are denied exposure to wildness than at any other time in human history. Illustrated.

A Beacon Press Book


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Eighty Acres: Elegy for a Family Farm
Ronald Jager

Tarka the Otter
Henry Williamson

A Land
Scott Russell Sanders

Nature and Walking
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Following the Bloom
Douglas Whynott

Finding Home: Writing on Nature and Culture fromOrionMagazine
Peter Sauer, Editor

The Very Rich Hours: Travels in Orkney, Belize, the Everglades, and Greece
Emily Hiestand

Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World Scott Russell Sanders

Thoreau on Birds
Francis H. Allen, Editor

"This thoughtful presentation, testifying to children's need for direct contact with nature, has value for parents and those who work with children." -Publishers Weekly


"A convincing case for the necessity of exposing children to nature." -Kirkus Reviews


"I recommend this book for parents, teachers, and anyone interested in child development." -Bloomsbury Review


"A provocative and compelling collection." -Los Angeles Times Book Review
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In this unique collaboration, two naturalists ask what may happen now that so many more children are denied exposure to wildness than at any other time in human history. Illustrated.

A Beacon Press Book


Bookmark and Share
Eighty Acres: Elegy for a Family Farm
Ronald Jager

Tarka the Otter
Henry Williamson

A Land
Scott Russell Sanders

Nature and Walking
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Following the Bloom
Douglas Whynott

Finding Home: Writing on Nature and Culture fromOrionMagazine
Peter Sauer, Editor

The Very Rich Hours: Travels in Orkney, Belize, the Everglades, and Greece
Emily Hiestand

Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World Scott Russell Sanders

Thoreau on Birds
Francis H. Allen, Editor

"This thoughtful presentation, testifying to children's need for direct contact with nature, has value for parents and those who work with children." -Publishers Weekly


"A convincing case for the necessity of exposing children to nature." -Kirkus Reviews


"I recommend this book for parents, teachers, and anyone interested in child development." -Bloomsbury Review


"A provocative and compelling collection." -Los Angeles Times Book Review
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