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Author:

Louv, Richard.

Title:

Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder / Richard Louv.

Publisher:

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xii, 334 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Nature--Psychological aspects.
Children and the environment.

Notes:

Hardcover printings prior to the 6th printing do not include an index. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

pt. I: The new relationship between children and nature. Gifts of nature -- The third frontier -- The criminalization of natural play -- pt. II: Why the young (and the rest of us) need nature. Climbing the tree of health -- A life of the senses : nature vs. the know-it-all state of mind -- The "eighth intelligence" -- The genius of childhood : how nature nurtures creativity -- Nature-deficit disorder and the restorative environment -- pt. III: The best of intentions: why Johnnie and Jeannie don't play outside anymore. Time and fear -- The bogeyman syndrome redux -- Don't know much about natural history : education as a barrier to nature -- Where will future stewards of nature come from? -- pt. IV: The nature-child reunion. Bringing nature home -- Scared smart : facing the bogeyman -- Telling turtle tales : using nature as a moral teacher -- pt. V: The jungle blackboard. Natural school reform -- Camp revival -- pt. VI: Wonder land : opening the fourth frontier. The education of Judge Thatcher : decriminalizing natural play -- Cities gone wild -- Where the wild things will be : a new back-to-the-land movement -- pt. VII: To be amazed. The spiritual necessity of nature for the young -- Fire and fermentation : building a movement -- While it lasts.

ISBN:

9781565123915
1565123913

LCCN:

2004066034

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