The Sense of Wonder: A Celebration of Nature for Parents and Children
by Rachel Carson

First published fifty years ago, Rachel Carson’s The Sense of Wonder is a classic guide for showing children the wonders of nature. In 1955 Carson—author of Silent Spring—started an essay she saw as one of her most important works. That summer her grandnephew Roger Christie visited her Maine cottage; they explored nearby woods and tide pools. Teaching Roger made Carson see nature afresh, and she wanted adults to share that feeling with children. “If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder,” she wrote, “he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.”

Dimensions: 5”W x 7.10”H

112 pages. Paperback. Reprint. Publisher: HarperCollins. Made in USA.