About this title: A new edition of the title originally published in 1965, which describes the author's walks with her nephew through the woods and along the coast of Maine. The text aims to endow children with a sense of wonder at the natural world, and to remind adults of the beauty of their environment.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. 89 p. illus. (part col. ) 28 cm. Text first appeared in Woman's home companion under title: Help your child to wonder. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. 89 p. illus. (part col. ) 28 cm. Text first appeared in Woman's home companion under title: Help your child to wonder. Previous Owner's Inscription. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, NY
Date Published: 1965
Description: Pratt, Charles (photography) Fair. No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Cover shows dings, rubbing & small scratches. Page edges show some minor soiling. Binding is firm, pages are clean, and photographs are sharp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row Publishers
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very Good. Paperback, Very Good, tight, unmarked, with some rubbing along the edges. All orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. read more
Edition: Seventh Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers, New York
ISBN-13:9780060914509ISBN:0060914505
Description: Good. No Jacket. Inspirational Clean, bright and crisp. Back cover is pulling away. Back cover has a few snags in it. A bit of edgewear. Lovely photos with accompanying nature, evironmental, and inspirational thoughts. read more
"This is a beautiful little book (more of an essay, really), about cultivating a small child's sense of wonder with the natural world, though I think it should renew or awaken that sense in all readers. I especially appreciated Carson's acknowledgement of emotion as the "fertile soil" in which knowledge and wisdom grow, and that she urges parents and children (and everyone else) to seek out questions and mysteries when exploring the outdoors, rather then stressing over names or scientific facts. The name of a flower, or an understanding of its physiology, or the grasp of the genetic underpinnings of its color, can all deepen and elaborate upon your appreciation of the whole, but that first caught breath over the arc of pendant petiole or a daube of red in a sea of green are the kernel of that appreciation. That's what's important.
Now that I've extolled Carson's lack of emphasis on pedantic naturalism, let's get pedantic: my edition had all these photos from the West! Carson's talking about Maine and I'm looking at pictures of lupines and poppies?! What the hell."
"Really more of an essay than a book, this 1950s magazine article convinces parents of the importance of raising a child to appreciate nature, and through it cultivating a sense of wonder."
"Living as trees and winds is one of my faith. We will never be able to live without natural environment surrounding us no matter how the technology will be advanced. Let's learn from Nature."
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