Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder; Richard Louv. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. ISBN-10:1-56512-522-3.

“In his groundbreaking work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, journalist and child advocate Richard Louv directly links the absence of nature in the lives of today’s wired generation to some of the most disturbing childhood trends: the rise in obesity, attention disorders, and depression. This is the first book to bring together a body of research indicating that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development and for the physical and emotional health of children and adults…”