Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Richard Louv

310 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction education nature informative slow-paced

Description

"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are," reports a fourth-grader. Never before in history have children been so plugged in—and so out of touch with the natural world. In this groundbreaking new work, chil...

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informative 83%
reflective 41%
challenging 33%
inspiring 25%
adventurous 8%
emotional 8%
hopeful 8%
sad 8%

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medium 9%

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