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"I Begin with Spring: The Life and Seasons of Henry David Thoreau" Signed Children's Book
- Item Number
- 277
- Estimated Value
- 20 USD
- Sold
- 25 USD to rk325c017
- Number of Bids
- 6 - Bid History
Item Description
Signed copy of I Begin with Spring (2022) by Julie Dunlap:
One of Kirkus' Most Anticipated Children's Book of 2022
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/10-childrens-books-to-look-forward-to-in-2022/
"A must read." - Elizabeth Bird, A Fuse 8 Production
Kirkus starred review: A marvelous life survey of a perennially relevant historical figure.
Formatted like a nature notebook, this exploration of seasonal changes in Thoreau's day is also a visual story of his life and times and a gentle introduction to climate change.
I Begin with Spring weaves natural history around Thoreau's life and times in a richly illustrated field notebook format that can be opened anywhere and invites browsing on every page. Beginning each season with quotes from Thoreau's schoolboy essay about the changing seasons, Early Bloomer follows him through the fields and woods of Concord, the joys and challenges of growing up, his experiment with simple living on Walden Pond, and his participation in the abolition movement, self-reliance, science, and literature.
The book's two organizing themesâÂÂthe chronology of Thoreau's life and the seasonal cycle beginning with springâÂÂinteract seamlessly on every spread, suggesting the correspondence of human seasons with nature's. Thoreau's annual records of blooms, bird migrations, and other natural events scroll in a timeline across the page bottoms, and the backmatter includes a summary of how those dates have changed from his day to ours and what that tells us about the science of phenology and climate change.
Megan Baratta's watercolors are augmented with historical images and reproductions of Thoreau’s own sketches to create a high-interest visual experience.
The book includes a foreword from Thoreau scholar Jeffrey Cramer, Curator of Collections for the Walden Woods Project.
Full color.
Purchase of this item supports Thoreau Farm Trust (TFT) and the preservation of Henry David Thoreau?s Birthplace.
Donated By:
Julie Dunlap
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