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• Dozens of projects from around the world—playgrounds, day-care centers, and more
• Follow-up to the best-selling Design for Fun: Playgrounds

Playgrounds, day-care centers, pediatric hospitals, indoor playspaces—designing for children isn’t exactly child’s play. Kids are tough and demanding, and their spaces must be safe but not boring, stimulating but not overwhelming, playful but age-appropriate. Great Kids’ Spaces is the definitive guide to this specialized sector, with hundreds of pictures and diagrams illustrating some of the most innovative and architecturally inspired kids’ design from around the globe. ... Read more

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inspirational
this book is really helpful for any architect/designer dealing with kids, it has lots of valuable information about kids and spaces related to kids. ... Read more

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The technology boom of recent years has given kids numerous reasons to stay inside and play, while parents' increasing safety concerns make it tempting to keep children close to home. But what is being lost as fewer kids spend their free time outdoors? Deprived of meaningful contact with nature, children often fail to develop a significant relationship with the natural world, much less a sense of reverence and respect for the world outside their doors.

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I Am In Almost Total Agreement With Everything In This Wonderful Little Book
A Natural Sense of Wonder was one of the best random finds in a bookstore in years. I had never heard of it or its author and found it by chance while browsing on an unrelated quest. Within minutes I fell in love with its chapters on the allure of the outdoors and its simple cures for our increasing societal disconnection from it. How this all took me back to my own childhood spent out riding bikes, and exploring the woods near my home and at my grandparents' house near the Little Miami River, in Ohio. We, too, used to skip stones, turn over logs and look for bugs, collect leaves in fall and sled ride in winter. What a tragedy that so few young people today do that anymore. Well, at least some people recognize the ongoing fearful retreat from the outside world, and this book is part memoir of a father and his children, part how-to for introducing readers to what's outside, and I found every word of it magically great!

Excellent book!
A wonderfully written book about connecting children with nature. Definitely recommended for anyone with or without children! ... Read more