The Sharing Nature movement has expanded to countries all over the globe. Cornell and his work have been recommended by the Boy Scouts of America, the American Camping Association, the National Audubon Society, Japan's national school system, and many others.

In his second book, a companion to Sharing Nature with Children, with even more games and activities, Joseph introduces his remarkable technique of Flow Learning, showing how to match nature activities to the interest and energy levels of children.

Wild seashores and woodlands calm and refresh our spirits. Contact with nature enhances our wholeness and well-being. The powerful, compelling exercises in this book can help readers become immersed in nature's joyful and healing presence. Read The Sky and Earth Touched Me in a garden, backyard, or park. Part One is designed for personal practice; Part Two can be shared with a friend or a group. Practice these exercises, and discover invaluable nature awareness principles.

A biography of the man known as "father of America's national parks" and an influential conservationist, told in the first person, using Muir's own words.

When absorbed in deep play our sensory awareness is heightened, we become immersed in the present moment and feel intensely alert and alive. Because play is fun and rewarding, we operate at the peak of our mental and physical capacity. Let Joseph Cornell, one of the world's most popular nature educators, empower you with the tools to maximize play, and transform it from mere entertainment into a doorway to enhanced living, creativity, and concentration.

Joseph Cornell, author of the highly-acclaimed Sharing Nature with Children, now offers adults a sensitive -- yet lively -- guidebook to a deeper awareness of nature. You will learn, not mere facts about nature, but how to get the feel of nature, through inspiring quotations from famous naturalists, stunning photography, and Cornell's ever-popular nature awareness activities -- simple, enjoyable activities that give you a direct, personal experience of the wonder and joy of nature. Book jacket.

I Love Dirt! presents 52 open-ended activities to help you engage your child in the outdoors. No matter what your location—from a small patch of green in the city to the wide-open meadows of the country—each activity is meant to promote exploration, stimulate imagination, and heighten a child's sense of wonder. Jennifer Ward is the author of numerous acclaimed parenting books and books for children, inspired by nature. "Jennifer Ward has created a book that will serve to gently introduce parents to nature, even as parents are using it to help guide a child into the narural world. Children—and parents—learn to observe, as well as appreciate, the basic joys of getting their hands dirty and feet wet. Discoveres become shared experience."—from the forword by Richard Louv

Explains the differences between lakes and ponds and why they are important to ecology, and contains articles, journal entries, and descriptions of plants, animals, birds, and insects found there.

Describes the many ways in which humans use nature and how animals and plants exist in the wild.