<p><strong>First published a half-century ago, Rachel Carson''s award-winning <em>The Sense of Wonder</em> remains the classic guide to introducing children to the marvels of nature.</strong></p><p>In 1955, acclaimed conservationist Rachel Carson—author of <em>Silent Spring</em>—began work on an essay that she would come to consider one of her life’s most important projects. Her grandnephew, Roger Christie, had visited Carson that summer at her cottage in Maine, and together they had wandered the surrounding woods and tide pools. Teaching Roger about the natural wonders around them, Carson began to see them anew herself, and wanted to relate that same magical feeling to others who might hope to introduce a child to the beauty of nature. “If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder,” writes Carson, “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
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<i>The Sea Around Us </i>is one of the most influential books ever written about the natural world. In it Rachel Carson tells the history of our oceans, combining scientific insight and poetic prose as only she can, to take us from the creation...
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<b>In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.</b><br><br><b>With the precision of a scientist and the simplicity of a fable, Rachel Carson reveals how man-made pesticides have destroyed...
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<p>In <i>The Edge of the Sea</i> Rachel Carson introduces us to the ''strange and beautiful place'' where the sea meets the land. She explores a tide pool, an inaccessible cave, and watches a lone crab on the shore...
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