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Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder
Record details
- ISBN: 9781565126053 (sc.)
- ISBN: 156512605X
- ISBN: 9781565126053
- Physical Description: xii, 390 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: Updated and Expanded.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.
- Copyright: ©2008
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- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 2 / 5.0
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes a field guide with nature activities for kids and families; good books for kids and families; suggestions for transforming our communities; pursuits for businesses, attorneys, and health care providers; ways educators, parent-teacher groups, and students can promote natural school reform; goals for government; discussion points. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-332) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- A field guide: notes from the field, 100 actions we can take, and discussion points. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Nature -- Psychological aspects Children and the environment |
| Topic Heading: | Parenting. |
Available copies
- 11 of 11 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | 155.4 Louv (Text) | 33294001826650 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists to find ways for children to experience the natural world more deeply.
