Argues that children care deeply about the natural world, and explains how contact with nature influences child development
Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction xxi Robert Coles A Childs Sense of Wildness 1(14) Nabhan The Scripture of Maps, the Names of Trees: A Childs Landscape 15(18) Trimble Going Truant: The Initiation of Young Naturalists 33 Nabhan