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Nature/
Health
Nature
Writing
Parenting
The Nature Principle
Human Restoration and
the End of Nature-Deficit
Disorder
by Richard Louv
The author of Last Child in
the Woods now offers evidence
that when adults live
a nature-balanced existence,
they can be smarter, healthier,
more creative, and happier.
The Nature Principle
presents a compelling case
that a conscious reconnection
to nature can make us
whole again and that the
future will belong to naturesmart
individuals, families,
businesses, and communities.
This timely, inspiring,
and important work will
give readers renewed hope
while challenging them to
rethink the way they live.
“Louv’s vital, inclusive, and
inspiring call to better our
lives by celebrating and
protecting the living world
marks the way to profound
personal and cultural transformation.”
—Booklist,
starred
“This book provides a way
back to where we belong, a
world full of reverence, joy,
and discovery.” —David
Suzuki, author of The
Sacred Balance
ISBN 978-1-61620-141-8, No. 73141
$14.95 Paper, 2012
ISBN 978-1-56512-581-0, No. 72581
$24.95 Hardcover, 2011
E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-150-0
The Sound of a Wild
Snail Eating
by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
“An exquisite meditation on
the restorative connection
between nature and humans
. . . The writing is pristine
and clear, with sentences of
stunning lyrical beauty that
I read over and over again
. . . Bailey’s slim book is as
richly layered as the soil
she lays down in the snail’s
terrarium: loamy, potent,
and regenerative.” —The
Huffington Post
“A small, short book filled
with an enormous amount
of natural history and science
about snails . . . An
acknowledgment of an individual’s
determination to
recover and regain life with
humor and insight.”
—Library Journal
ISBN 978-1-56512-606-0, No. 72606
$18.95 Hardcover, 2010
Settled in the Wild
Notes from the Edge of Town
by Susan Hand Shetterly
“[A] lovely book, a gathering
of 26 essays that probe,
ponder, and celebrate life
and landscape on ‘the edge
of town’ . . . In a succession
of wise, quiet, attentive
pieces, Shetterly introduces
us to a world resplendent
with wild things . . . Like
Annie Dillard, Shetterly
slows herself down and
takes the time first to really
apprehend these things,
and then to evoke them for
us.” —National Geographic
Traveler
ISBN 978-1-56512-618-3, No. 72618
$21.95 Hardcover, 2009
UPDATED AND
EXPANDED
Last Child in the Woods
Saving Our Children from
Nature-Deficit Disorder
by Richard Louv
In his landmark work,
Richard Louv brings together
cutting-edge studies that
point to direct exposure
to nature as essential for a
child’s healthy physical and
emotional development.
“[The] international movement
to ‘leave no child
inside’ . . . has been the
focus of Capitol Hill hearings,
state legislative action,
grass-roots projects, a U.S.
Forest Service initiative
to get more children into
the woods and a national
effort to promote a ‘green
hour’ in each day . . . The
increased activism has been
partly inspired by a bestselling
book, Last Child in
the Woods, and its author,
Richard Louv.” —The
Washington Post
“This book is an absolute
must-read for parents.”
—The Boston Globe
A Discovery Channel Book Club and
progressive book club selection
ISBN 978-1-56512-605-3, No. 72605
$14.95 Paper, 2008
How Eskimos Keep Their
Babies Warm
And Other Adventures in
Parenting
by Mei-Ling Hopgood
“Her cultural research for the
new book How Eskimos Keep
Their Babies Warm made it
clear that we can all lighten
up—and still raise happy,
healthy kids.” —Redbook
“A refreshing break from
the often judgmental tone
of parenting books and
blogs . . . The book is breezy
and entertaining, and
Hopgood is charmingly selfdeprecating
about her own
mothering of the formidable
Sofia, who emerges as a sassy
character in her own right.”
—The Boston Globe
“A satisfying mix of research,
observation, interview, and
personal experience . . .
Readers will laugh, marvel
and muse over the many
(frequently opposing) childrearing
methods that persist
despite the growing globalization
of parenthood.”
—Publishers Weekly
ISBN 978-1-56512-958-0, No. 72958
$15.95 Paper, 2012
E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-120-3
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