The View from the Oak: The Private Worlds of Other Creatures (National Book Award for Children's Literature) [Paperback]

Herbert R. Kohl (Author), Judith Kohl (Author), Roger Bayless (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2000

Attempts to enable us to view the world of ticks, flies, birds, jelly fish, and other animals through their senses, not our own.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

A rare example of how science and philosophy can be fused in a book stretching the minds of readers... -- The National Book Award Citation

Provocative and intriguing. . . . A superb book for families to share. -- Winston-Salem Journal

About the Author

Herbert Kohl has written more than forty books, including the classic 36 Children. Recipient of the National Book Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, among others, he was founder and first director of the Teachers and Writers Collaborative and established the PEN West Center in San Francisco. Judith Kohl is a teacher and student of ethology and archaeology. The Kohls live in Point Arena, California.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: New Press, The (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565846362
• ISBN-13: 978-1565846364
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #681,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, November 13, 2000

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Walter Murch (Bolinas, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The View from the Oak: The Private Worlds of Other Creatures (National Book Award for Children's Literature) (Paperback)

I am very happy to see that this book has been reprinted. I have two copies from the mid-70's, well-thumbed and dog-eared from being read so often. What the authors have to say about the way perception affects the world that we and other animals perceive, and how they say it, is timeless. To be read and enoyed by everyone, from ages 10 and up.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars view from the oak, February 15, 2010

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jane gantt rowinsky "collector of foxes" (Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The View from the Oak: The Private Worlds of Other Creatures (National Book Award for Children's Literature) (Paperback)

changes viewpoints....see the world from the point of view of various critters...might also apply to viewpoints of people of different cultures. Just a thought.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, August 24, 2006

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This review is from: The View from the Oak: The Private Worlds of Other Creatures (Paperback)

With the exception of the one false sentence about Columbus, this book is very insightful. It provides a fascinating possible portrait of life from the perspective of ticks, spiders, dogs, birds, etc. A great read.