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I Begin with Spring: The Life and Seasons of Henry David Thoreau

Julie Dunlap, illustrated by Megan Elizabeth Baratta

This illustrated biography presents Henry David Thoreau’s life through the changing seasons and the natural world around Concord, Massachusetts. Designed like a nature journal, it draws on his observations of plants and animals and includes a dated timeline introducing phenology, the study of when natural events occur. The book places Thoreau’s work in wider social, political, and geographic context, including his support for abolition and his thoughts on Charles Darwin. His detailed records across days and years are connected to present-day study of climate change, extending beyond his time at Walden Pond.

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Themes
History · Nature · Science · Weather And Climate
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Published
March 15, 2022
ISBN-13
9780884489085
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
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