To My Daughter: Stuff I've Learned While Playing Outside
written and illustrated
by Stuart Thompson
To My Daughter: Stuff I've Learned While Playing Outside realizes some truths learned while doing outdoor activities—hiking, cycling, rock climbing and canoeing. This letter to a grown daughter becomes now an open letter, a collection of short stories. The stories have a clear, unmistakable relationship to all of us. Encountered in this collection of thirty-two tales are strange lights, strange sounds, and—occasionally—strange people. Always encountered is the familiar made a bit more meaningful.
The book stands as a contribution to outdoor education and, by extension, experiential education. There is stuff to be discovered—by all of us—by playing outside. Thompson embarrasses himself with the telling of some of the stories. So be it, he sighs. Sometimes it's important to laugh at one's own foibles.
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Hard cover and paperback editions: 296 pages
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-9851082-0-5
ISBN (paperback): 978-0-9851082-1-2
Product dimensions: 5½ x 8½ inches