I love my World: The playful, hands-on nature connection guidebook

by Chris Holland

"This book is a must" Michael Morpurgo I love my World is a new guidebook to rekindle the naturally playful spirit and develop a deep connection with nature from an early age. Full of bushcraft, environmental art, nature awareness and outdoor play activities, as well as mentoring tips and beautiful images, this book will make you want to pack your bags, step out and celebrate our wonderful world. It's for parents, outdoor educators, play rangers, forest school leaders, teachers, aunties, uncles...in fact anyone with a love of our world who spends time outdoors and enjoys sharing it with other people. There is a slideshow of the images in the book, many in colour at www.wholeland.org.uk. Signed copies available for £15.95, inc. postage, from Chris's website www.wholeland.org.uk

Genres: Education

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Sarah Staunton-lamb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book - great practical ideas

[Mark Avery · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book describes itself as ‘the playful, hands-on, nature connection guidebook’ – and so it is.

If you spend any time with children out of doors then this book will give you lots of ideas for games, activities and things to talk about with young people. And those young people could be of any age at all – children provide great excuses for adults to have fun in ways they might not if there weren’t children around.

Making fires, eating for free, finding your way, sneaking around and being a bard are just some of the activities that are included. All have good explanations of what to do , how to do it, where to do it, what you need to do it and how to get the whole thing started. There are lots of photographs which illustrate the book and also demonstrate, by the number of smiling faces, that people love these playful activities. This is a very good guide and it is abundantly clear that the author really has done all these things, knows how they can and should be done , and really enjoys doing them.

For £15.95 this book could deliver hours and hours of unforgettable fun for you, your family and friends. Even if you never do any of the activities you will enjoy reading about them, but I suspect that you will be looking for some excuses to head into the woods soon after buying this book.

This review first appeared at www.markavery.info/blog/ on 13 June 2012

[Jaguar · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like this book very much. There was a craft at the very beginning I think my sister would enjoy, but for the most part it was just blah. Near the tail end I read how to walk quietly without making any noise! That's the only thing I liked about this book.

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