About the book:
In
the spirit of Rachel Carson’s
The Sense of Wonder, Rick Van Noy journeys out of his
suburban home with his children and describes the pleasures of
walking in a creek, digging for salamanders, and learning to
appreciate vultures. Through these and other “walks to school,”
the Van Noys discover what lives nearby, what nature has to
teach, and why this matters.
From the
backyard to the hiking trail, in a tide pool and a tree house,
in the wild and in town, these narrative essays explore the
terrain of childhood threatened by the lure of computers and
television, by fear and the loss of play habitat, showing how
kids thrive in their special places. In chronicling one parent’s
determination (and at times frustration) to get his kids
outside, A Natural Sense of Wonder suggests ways kids
both young and old can experience the wonder found only in the
natural world.
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