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Last Child In The Woods
Paperback Edition: 1
Camping in the garden, riding bikes through the woods, climbing trees, collecting bugs, picking wildflowers, running through piles of autumn leaves...these are the things childhood memories are made of. But for a whole generation of today's children the pleasures of a free-range childhood are missing,
and their indoor habits contribute to epidemic obesity, attention deficit disorder, isolation and childhood depression. This timely book shows how our children have become increasingly alienated and distanced from nature, why this matters and how we can make a difference.
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Last Child in the Woods is a clarion call, brilliantly written, compelling and irresistibly persuasive - a book that will change minds and lives.
Pages : 408
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Publication date : 2010-07-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Medicine, Health And Personal Development