{"product_id":"9781938486036","title":"Walking with Henry: The Life and Works of Henry David Thoreau","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In short, all good things are wild and free.\"—Henry David Thoreau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWalking with Henry\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning illustrator and author Thomas Locker takes young readers on a journey into the wilderness with one of America's greatest nature writers, Henry David Thoreau. In a series of richly painted landscapes, readers glimpse the grandeur of nature through Thoreau's eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis introduction to the poet–philosopher offers readers of all ages the chance to understand Thoreau's belief that wilderness offers truth, beauty, and goodness to us all. He was a serious field biologist who studied nature and all its intricacies, but also a man who showed us that nature was something more than facts to be assembled, arranged, and measured. Thoreau was a poet, and in his hands, nature was the source of creativity, essential for survival in the ever-evolving world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith selections of Thoreau's writing and a timeline of his life, \u003ci\u003eWalking with Henry\u003c\/i\u003e will inspire teachers, parents, and students to a renewed appreciation of the importance of Thoreau's thoughts for our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Locker\u003c\/b\u003e has illustrated more than thirty books for children, many of which he has also written. His books have received awards including the Christopher Award, the Knickerbocker Lifetime Achievement Award, the John Burroughs Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Award for Best Illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fulcrum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154377523440,"sku":"9781938486036","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938486036_p0.jpg?v=1769897797","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938486036","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}