{"product_id":"i-begin-with-spring-the-life-and-seasons-of-henry-david-thoreau-9780884489085","title":"I Begin with Spring: The Life and Seasons of Henry David Thoreau","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eI Begin with Spring\u003c\/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eEarly Bloomer\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book's two organizing themes--the chronology of Thoreau's life and the seasonal cycle beginning with spring--interact 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMegan 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDunlap, Julie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Julie Dunlap is a children's book writer whose books have earned a Junior Library Guild Selection, a Boston Globe Pick of the Lists, a Teachers' Choice from Learner Magazine, a Parents' Choice Award, and an honorable mention for children's books from the National Association for Humane and Environmental Education. Her children's books include \u003cem\u003eLouisa May and Mr. Thoreau's Flute\u003c\/em\u003e (Dial Books for Young Readers); \u003cem\u003eParks for the People: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eExtraordinary Horseshoe Crabs\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eCoyotes and Bats\u003c\/em\u003e (written under her pseudonym, Julia Vogel). She has also co-edited two anthologies for adult readers, \u003cem\u003eCompanions in Wonder: Children and Adults Exploring Nature Together\u003c\/em\u003e (MIT Press) and \u003cem\u003eComing of Age at the End of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e (Trinity University Press) and writes for environmental education organizations such as Interfaith Oceans and the Audubon Naturalist Society. She earned a PhD in social ecology from Yale University and teaches undergraduates about wildlife ecology and sustainability at the University of Maryland University College.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaratta, Megan Elizabeth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Megan Elizabeth Baratta illustrates with pencil, ink, and watercolor - sometimes incorporating digital elements. She loves rendering scenes of ordinary life and showing their quiet beauty. Megan is the illustrator of \u003cem\u003eMost Days\u003c\/em\u003e (Tilbury House, 2021). She is inspired by the natural world, cups of coffee, and all things British.\"","brand":"Tilbury House Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50651521351954,"sku":"9780884489085","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1d4403f6-f1ba-4ac5-907c-7e10ce111b59.jpg?v=1733302678","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-begin-with-spring-the-life-and-seasons-of-henry-david-thoreau-9780884489085","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}