Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: New Relationship Between Children And Nature -- 1: Gifts of nature -- 2: Third frontier -- 3: Criminalization of natural play -- Part 2: Why The Young (And The Rest Of Us) Need Nature -- 4: Climbing the tree of health -- 5: Life of the senses: nature vs the know-it-all state of mind -- 6: Eighth intelligence -- 7: Genius of childhood: how nature nurtures creativity -- 8: Nature-deficit disorder and the restorative environment -- Part 3: Best Of Intentions-Why Johnnie And Jeannie Don't Play Outside Anymore -- 9: Time and fear -- 10: Bogeyman syndrome redux -- 11: Don't know much about natural history: education as a barrier to nature -- 12: Where will future stewards of nature come from? -- Part 4: Nature-Child Reunion -- 13: Bringing nature home -- 14: Scared smart: facing the bogeyman -- 15: Telling turtle tales: using nature as a moral teacher -- Part 5: Jungle Blackboard -- 16: Natural school reform -- 17: Camp revival -- Part 6: Wonder Land: Opening The Fourth Frontier -- 18: Education of Judge Thatcher: decriminalizing natural play -- 19: Cities gone wild -- 20: Where the wild things will be: a new back-to-the-land movement -- Part 7: To Be Amazed -- 21: Spiritual necessity of nature for the young -- 22: Fire and fermentation: building a movement -- 23: While it lasts -- Notes -- Suggested reading -- Index -- Field guide to Last Child In The Woods.

Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists to find ways for children to experience the natural world more deeply.

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