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Description
An unnamed Black boy walks in the woods near his home a week after his father’s funeral. Because the boy knows how to be mindful in nature—to move slowly, step carefully, and pay close attention—he becomes more connected to the woods and the creatures in it. Rediscovering is his father’s legacy of ecstatic, aesthetic reverence for nature begins to assuage the boy's anger-tinged grief.
Publication Date
2025
Publisher
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
City
Montclair
Keywords
aesthetics, education, death, family relationships, nature, philosophy for children, spirituality
Disciplines
Early Childhood Education | Education | Environmental Education | Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Gregory, Maughn, "Walk in the Woods (2023) by Nikki Grimes" (2025). Picture Books. 9.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_thinkingstories_picturebooks/9
