In this unique collaboration, two naturalists ask what may happen now that more children than ever are denied exposure to wildness. The authors remember pivotal events in their childhoods that led to lifelong relationships with the land. From cities and suburbs to isolated Nevada sheep ranches to Native American communities in the Southwest and Mexico, they tell stories of children learning about wild places and creatures. Combining their flair as essayists with research from fields as diverse as environmental psychology, gender studies, and ethnobotany, Trimble and Nabhan give parents looking for inspiration a guide for their next adventure, whether it's family camping in the wilderness or at the beach or an hour in their backyard garden.