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Companions in wonder : children and adults exploring nature together / edited by Julie Dunlap and Stephen R. Kellert.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.Description: xxii, 304 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 026251690X
  • 9780262516907
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GE195 .C657 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
1. The farm / Rick Bass -- 2. My child's first garden / Michael P. Branch -- 3. Tracking our way / Joseph Bruchac III -- 4. Tidal: subtidal / Susan A. Cohen -- 5. The toad not taken / Jeffrey S. Cramer -- 6. Of the fittest / Janine DeBaise -- 7. A New England childhood / Alison Hawthorne Deming -- 8. Child's play: finding the green in the in-between / Carolyn Finney -- 9. The naturalistic necessity / Stephen R. Kellert -- 10. Children in the woods / Barry Lopez -- 11. Fathers and sons / Richard Louv -- 12. Moving through the landscape of healing / Stephen J. Lyons -- 13. Belonging on the land / David Mas Masumoto -- 14. A field guide to western birds / Kathleen Dean Moore -- 15. At home with belonging / Danyelle O'Hara -- 16. Animal allies / Brenda Peterson -- 17. Grandmother, grizzlies, and God / Brenda Peterson -- 18. Parents without children: confessions of a favorite uncle / Robert Michael Pyle -- 19. Raising Silas / Janisse Ray -- 20. Grandma's bawena / Enrique Salmon -- 21. Mountain music I / Scott Russell Sanders -- 22. Bowl of stones / Chiori Santiago -- 23. Colored memory / Lauret Savoy -- 24. We are distracted / Michael Shay -- 25. The big talk / Sandra Steingraber -- 26. On being "Indian," unsilent, and contaminated along the U.S.-Mexico border / Margo Tamez -- 27. The prophets of place / Stephen Trimble -- 28. Huckleberry country / Michael Umphrey -- 29. Scorched earth / Rick Van Noy -- 30. Children in the river / Gretel Van Wieren.
Summary: This is a collection of essays from a diverse group of writers, including philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore, professor Lauret Savoy, historian Margo Tamez, journalist Richard Louv, and storytelling naturalists Joseph Bruchac III and James Bruchac. Drawing on memories from their own childhoods as well as lessons learned in their work as adults, each writer brings distinct perspectives on the intersection between nature and culture. (Miller Library Staff)
List(s) this item appears in: Garden of Cultural Diversity for Youth
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection QH541.15 .H86 D86 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800165169
Total holds: 0

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1. The farm / Rick Bass -- 2. My child's first garden / Michael P. Branch -- 3. Tracking our way / Joseph Bruchac III -- 4. Tidal: subtidal / Susan A. Cohen -- 5. The toad not taken / Jeffrey S. Cramer -- 6. Of the fittest / Janine DeBaise -- 7. A New England childhood / Alison Hawthorne Deming -- 8. Child's play: finding the green in the in-between / Carolyn Finney -- 9. The naturalistic necessity / Stephen R. Kellert -- 10. Children in the woods / Barry Lopez -- 11. Fathers and sons / Richard Louv -- 12. Moving through the landscape of healing / Stephen J. Lyons -- 13. Belonging on the land / David Mas Masumoto -- 14. A field guide to western birds / Kathleen Dean Moore -- 15. At home with belonging / Danyelle O'Hara -- 16. Animal allies / Brenda Peterson -- 17. Grandmother, grizzlies, and God / Brenda Peterson -- 18. Parents without children: confessions of a favorite uncle / Robert Michael Pyle -- 19. Raising Silas / Janisse Ray -- 20. Grandma's bawena / Enrique Salmon -- 21. Mountain music I / Scott Russell Sanders -- 22. Bowl of stones / Chiori Santiago -- 23. Colored memory / Lauret Savoy -- 24. We are distracted / Michael Shay -- 25. The big talk / Sandra Steingraber -- 26. On being "Indian," unsilent, and contaminated along the U.S.-Mexico border / Margo Tamez -- 27. The prophets of place / Stephen Trimble -- 28. Huckleberry country / Michael Umphrey -- 29. Scorched earth / Rick Van Noy -- 30. Children in the river / Gretel Van Wieren.

This is a collection of essays from a diverse group of writers, including philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore, professor Lauret Savoy, historian Margo Tamez, journalist Richard Louv, and storytelling naturalists Joseph Bruchac III and James Bruchac. Drawing on memories from their own childhoods as well as lessons learned in their work as adults, each writer brings distinct perspectives on the intersection between nature and culture. (Miller Library Staff)

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