Product Description

The technology boom of recent years has given kids numerous reasons to stay inside and play, while parents' increasing safety concerns make it tempting to keep children close to home. But what is being lost as fewer kids spend their free time outdoors? Deprived of meaningful contact with nature, children often fail to develop a significant relationship with the natural world, much less a sense of reverence and respect for the world outside their doors.

Customer Reviews (2)

I Am In Almost Total Agreement With Everything In This Wonderful Little Book
A Natural Sense of Wonder was one of the best random finds in a bookstore in years. I had never heard of it or its author and found it by chance while browsing on an unrelated quest. Within minutes I fell in love with its chapters on the allure of the outdoors and its simple cures for our increasing societal disconnection from it. How this all took me back to my own childhood spent out riding bikes, and exploring the woods near my home and at my grandparents' house near the Little Miami River, in Ohio. We, too, used to skip stones, turn over logs and look for bugs, collect leaves in fall and sled ride in winter. What a tragedy that so few young people today do that anymore. Well, at least some people recognize the ongoing fearful retreat from the outside world, and this book is part memoir of a father and his children, part how-to for introducing readers to what's outside, and I found every word of it magically great!

Excellent book!
A wonderfully written book about connecting children with nature. Definitely recommended for anyone with or without children! ... Read more