John Adams edited the table of contents of Last Child in the Woods Monday, February 13, 2012.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The New Relationship between Children and Nature
1. Gifts of Nature
2.The Third Frontier
3. The Criminalization of Natural Play
Part II: Why the Young (And the Rest of Us) Need Nature
4. Climbing the Tree of Health
5. A Life of the Senses: Nature vs. the Know-It-All State of Mind
6. The "Eighth Intelligence"
7. The Genius of Childhood: How Nature Nurtures Creativity
8. Nature-Deficit Disorder and the Restorative Environment
Part III: The Best of Intentions: Why Johnnie and Jeannie Don't Play Outside Anymore
9. Time and Fear
10. The Bogeyman Syndrome Redux
11. Don't Know Much About Natural History: Education as a Barrier to Nature
12. Where Will Future Stewards of Nature Come From?
Part IV: The Nature-Child Reunion
13. Bringing Nature Home
14. Scared Smart: Facing the Bogeyman
15. Telling Turtle Tales: Using Nature as a Moral Teacher
Part V: The Jungle Blackboard
16. Natural School Reform
17. Camp Revival
Part VI: Wonder Land: Opening the Fourth Frontier
18. The Education of Judge Thatcher: Decriminalizing Natural Play
19. Cities Gone Wild
20. Where the Wild Things Will Be: A New Back-to-the-Land Movement
Part VII: To Be Amazed
21. The Spiritual Necessity of Nature for the Young
22. Fire and Fermentation: Building a Movement
23. While it Lasts
Notes
Suggested Reading
Index
A Field Guide to "Last Child in the Woods"