Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit DisorderThe Book That Launched an International Movement "An absolute must read for parents." The Boston Globe "It rivals Rachel Carson's Silent Spring." The Cincinnati Enquirer Jacket Description Back: In his groundbreaking work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, journalist and child advocate Richard Louv directly links the absence of nature in the lives of today's wired generation to some of the most disturbing childhood trends:

Meet negativity and anxiety with calmness and strength

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" Melissa lives on the beautiful coast of Maine

It was Christopher’s toy bear

A Great Light

her homeland

She draws her inspiration from nature

and their assorted pets

The Friendly Wood

” — The Wall Street Journal

New York City was growing so fast that new roads and tall buildings threatened to swallow up the remaining open space

It can be a struggle to break out of learnt patterns of thinking