Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder / Richard Louv.
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.
Record details
- 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.
Content descriptions
- 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 -- Notes -- Suggested reading -- Index -- A field guide to last child in the woods.
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| Marion Library | 155.418 LOU (Text) | 37810435475206 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Old Fort Branch Library | 155.4 LOU (Text) | 37810435335996 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | 155.418 Lou (Text) | 31010000210007 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| Alexander Main Library | 155.4 Louv (Text) | 34269001027151 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | 155.4 LOU (Text) | 30664100270229 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library | PAR 155.41 LOU (Text) | 39488900162092 | Adult Nonfiction Parenting | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | 155.4 LOU (Text) | 31250200015537 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/13/2026 |
| Dunn Public Library | 155.4 Lou PBK (Text) | 33436001349684 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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