A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader The Field Guide Pub Date: August 30

Pub Date: August 30

and tragic martyrdom

the cycle of negative behavior (and punishment) is essentially brought to a halt

Tersa Sphinx (Xylophanes tersa)

timeless book shares text from the New York Times bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees alongside stunning photographs of forests

A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader The Field Guide Pub Date: August 30A Brain Pickings Best Children's Book of the Year"An embarrassment of riches." The New York TimesIn these pages, some of today's most wonderful culture makers writers, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philosophers reflect on the joys of reading, how books broaden and deepen human experience, and the ways in which the written word has formed their own character. On the page facing each letter, an illustration by a celebrated illustrator or