Henry David Thoreau for Kids: His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities
- ISBN-10
- 1613731493
- ISBN-13
- 9781613731499
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-02-01
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Author
- Corinne Smith
Description
Hands-on nature activities for the budding transcendentalist Author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau is best known for living two years along the shores of Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. He is also known for spending a night in jail for nonpayment of taxes, which he discussed in the influential essay "Civil Disobedience." More than 150 years later, people are still inspired by his thoughtful words about individual rights, social justice, and nature. His detailed plant observations have even proven to be a useful record for 21st-century botanists. Henry David Thoreau for Kids chronicles the short but influential life of this remarkable thinker. In addition to learning about Thoreau's contributions to our culture, young readers will participate in engaging, hands-on projects that bring his ideas to life. Activities include building a model of the Walden cabin, keeping a daily journal, planting a garden, baking trail-bread cakes, going on a half-day hike, and starting a rock collection. The book also includes a time line and list of resources—books, websites, and places to visit—which offer even more opportunities to connect with this fascinating man.
Get the book
Similar books
-
Henry David Thoreau: A Life
By Laura Dassow WallsKeyes was joined by Reverend Frost, still simmering from his humiliation at ... Emerson said he'd “not learned a better lesson in many weeks than last night ...
-
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
By D.B. JohnsonInspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, the wonderfully appealing Henry Hikes to Fitchburg follows two friends who have very different approaches to life.
-
Henry David's House
By Henry David ThoreauExcerpts from Thoreau's Walden highlight his belief in the inherent value of living life in harmony with nature.
-
I Begin with Spring: The Life and Seasons of Henry David Thoreau
By Julie DunlapThe book includes a foreword from Thoreau scholar Jeffrey Cramer, Curator of Collections for the Walden Woods Project.
-
Being Henry David
By Cal ArmisteadAnd so he becomes Henry David—or "Hank"—and takes first to the streets, and then to the only destination he can think of—Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Cal Armistead's remarkable debut novel about a teen in search of himself.
-
Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau
By Ben ShattuckA New Yorker Best Book of 2022 A New England Indie Bestselller A New York Times Best Book of Summer, a Wall Street Journal and Town & Country Best Book of Spring “A gorgeous reminder that walking is the most radical form of locomotion ...
-
Walden Or Life in the Woods: And "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience"
By Henry David ThoreauThoreau's sojourn in the wilderness
-
Henry Builds a Cabin
By D.B. JohnsonInspired by the life of Henry David Thoreau, and illustrated with nature-filled paintings by author and artist D. B. Johnson, Henry Builds a Cabin is a thoughtful and beautiful meditation on what a home can be.
-
Henry David Thoreau: A Biography
By Milton MeltzerProfiles the solitary student of Ralph Waldo Emerson who was well-known as a naturalist in his own time but who became posthumously famous for his writings.
-
Uncommon Learning: Thoreau on Education
By Henry David Thoreau"It is only when we forget our learning that we begin to know," Thoreau wrote. Ideas about education permeate Thoreau's writing. Uncommon Learning brings those ideas together in a single volume for the first time.