false <![CDATA[The Sense of Wonder]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880340m/27344.jpg 27344 6 Not long before she died in 1964, the noted environmental writer Rachel Carson wrote an essay for <i>Woman's Home Companion</i> magazine called "Helping Your Child to Wonder." In that essay--reprinted here, with photographs of natural subjects by Nick Kelsh--Carson urged parents to take their children to wild places in order to introduce them to the astonishing variety of life that exists all around us: to study birds, listen to the winds, and observe the stars. Too much of the child's subsequent education, she warns, will be devoted to dimming that "clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring" with which children are born; it is the parent's task to be an adult guide who can in turn rediscover the "excitement and mystery of the world we live in." Carson's words are timely, and this beautifully illustrated edition makes a fine gift for new and prospective mothers and fathers. <I>--Gregory McNamee</I> 2339969 1965 The Sense of Wonder total:96|5:57|4:31|3:4|2:4|1:0| 96 429 198 20 5 1 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 18:15:30 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 18:19:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 13:52:32 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 14:43:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 13:37:53 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 07:05:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Apr 12 05:48:03 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 12 05:48:40 -0700 2007 Lovely to share with children.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 19 00:01:44 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 09:20:51 -0700 2007
As I read this book, I remembered how delighted my little cousins and I were years ago when we spotted pale green frog eggs glowing at the bottom of a tiny pond near my house...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 10:30:18 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 22:45:04 -0700 2009
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