Books with title Walking Stick

Walking sticks are among the world's most fascinating insects. And one many children can find right in their backyards! With a simple story, perfect for read-alouds, and colorful illustrations, this scientific look at a walking stick's life-cycle will captivate budding entomologists. Informative sidebars are included that let children learn even more about these wild insects.

“I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for there are enough champions of civilization: the minister and the school committee and every one of you will take care of that.” Henry David Thoreau, noted transcendentalist, wrote Walking as a message of the battle between the importance of nature and the pull of the demands of society, while at the same time writing his other environmental work, Walden. First delivered by Thoreau in 1851, Walking, or also known as The Wild, this essay was not only popular with the public, but also considered by Thoreau himself as, “… a sort of introduction to all that I may write hereafter.”

“I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for there are enough champions of civilization: the minister and the school committee and every one of you will take care of that.” Henry David Thoreau, noted transcendentalist, wrote Walking as a message of the battle between the importance of nature and the pull of the demands of society, while at the same time writing his other environmental work, Walden. First delivered by Thoreau in 1851, Walking, or also known as The Wild, this essay was not only popular with the public, but also considered by Thoreau himself as, “… a sort of introduction to all that I may write hereafter.”

“I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness…”“Walking" is an essay written by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). First published in 1862, it has become one of the most important essays in the environmental movement, along with Ralph Waldo Emerson's “Nature”, and George Perkins Marsh's "Man and Nature".The ebook also contains a biographical profile of Thoreau written by Archibald MacMechan (1862-1933) in 1918.

Thirteen-year-old Ripley can't believe his luck when the dock master hands him the knotted, twisted tree branch from among his pile of treasures. Its strange markings appear to be text, but no one knows what they mean.Fashioning it into two walking sticks, Ripley shows them to an eccentric potential buyer only to be harassed later by a local bully who flings one of the sticks into a murky pond. Ripley rushes to save it only to drown.But, as the villagers of Bellowood mourn his loss, Ripley wakes up in a wheat field--in another world.Packed with political upheaval, ancient signs, and mystic portals, The Walking Stick is a thrilling and thought-provoking young adult fantasy that follows Ripley as he tries to navigate the alternate world of Luxor, while hoping to find a way back home to Lydia.

Walking sticks are among the world's most fascinating insects. And one many children can find right in their backyards! With a simple story, perfect for read-alouds, and colorful illustrations, this scientific look at a walking stick's life-cycle will captivate budding entomologists. Informative sidebars are included that let children learn even more about these wild insects.