About the book: 2007 / The current generation of children is completely disconnected from the natural world; Instead of just wandering through the forest, they study it in science class. Today, children are well versed in computer games, but they do not know what an oak grove looks like and do not remember the smell of a pine forest; nature for them is an abstraction, not a real experience. Nature, like nothing else, helps a child find peace of mind; it can nourish his soul and become a source of deep experiences and creative insights for him. The book of the American journalist Richard Lowe “The Last Child in the Forest” is a passionate appeal to all parents to raise our children with sofas, tear them away from TV and computer screens and reawaken their interest in the natural world. The author shows that direct communication with nature is necessary for the full development of a child, for the physical and emotional health of a person, and that “deficit communication syndrome with nature” is the cause of many serious problems: obesity, aggression, attention disorders, depression. Richard Lowe offers parents and teachers practical ways to reconnect, and how to connect our children with nature to raise them to be healthier and better equipped for life..