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The Jay, The Beech and the Limpetshell
The Jay, The Beech and the Limpetshell: Finding Wild Things with My Kids | Richard Smyth
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Weren't they richer, rock pools, wasn't the seashore busier, when I was a kid? Richard Smyth had always been drawn to the natural world, but when he became a father, he found a new joy, and a new urgency in showing his kids the everyday wild things around them. As he and his children explore rockpools in Whitley Bay, or the woods and moors near his Yorkshire home, he imagines the world they might inhabit as they grow up. Through different objects discovered on their wanderings - a beech leaf, jay feather, or limpet shell - Smyth examines his own past as well as that of the early natural historians, weaving together history, memoir, and environmentalism to form a new kind of nature writing: one that asks both what we have lost, and what we have yet to find.
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Following on my review of the tagged, I thought I'd share other books I used with my own children and in my job. These are great for ideas, inspiration, and conversations on how to get children engaged with their natural world and environment.
Tagged in comments. Please feel free to add any others you've found helpful. It's my special interest in early years teaching.

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This an enjoyable, thoughtful musing on the importance of nature in all our lives, with particular emphasis on the need for our children to explore, examine, & question the natural world around them. Smyth slips between stories of his childhood, to those of his two young children. His writing style meanders between past & present. While some may find this erratic, I enjoyed following his thought process and interpretation of his experiences.

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