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    If You Spent a Day with Thoreau at Walden Pond

    By Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor

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    In 1845 in Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau began a radical experiment: he built a cabin in the woods and lived there, alone, examining the world around him. He spent his days walking the shores of Walden Pond, growing beans, observing plants and animals, and recording his reflections in his notebook. These reflections eventually became his seminal work Walden.

    In this lovely picture book, Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor imagine a special day spent with the celebrated writer and naturalist through the eyes of a child. Together Thoreau and the young boy watch small but significant wonders such as swimming fish, fighting ants, and clouds in the sky. It is a day full of splendor and appreciation of the outdoor world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateOct 16, 2012
    ISBN9781466822337
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    If You Spent a Day with Thoreau at Walden Pond
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    Robert Burleigh

    Robert Burleigh was born and raised in Chicago and later attended DePauw University. He has been publishing children's books since the early 1990s. In addition to writing, he paints regularly under the name Burleigh Kronquist and has had his work shown individually and with groups in Chicago, New York, and elsewhere around the United States.

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      Makes me want to spend a day with Henry and it should make readers want to as well.