- Children and the environment, Nature, Family & Relationships, Psychological aspects of Nature
Richard Louv was the first to identify a phenomenon we all knew existed but couldn't quite articulate: nature-deficit disorder. His book Last Child in the Woods created a national conversation about the disconnection between children and nature, and his message has galvanized an international movement.
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Earnest, spare, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Richard Louv
- First published
- April 15, 2005
- Pages
- 318
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, Algonquin Books, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781664487437
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“IF, WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, we tramped through forests of Nebraska cottonwoods, or raised pigeons on a rooftop in Queens, or fished for Ozark bluegills, or felt the swell of a wave that traveled a thousand miles before lifting our boat, then we were bound to the natural world and remain so today.”
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