Children in the living world: Why animals matter for children’s development

Human Development in the Twenty-First Century: Visionary Ideas from Systems Scientists

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 147-154

  Melson, Gail F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84898192281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489693.017     Document Type: Chapter

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3. Kahn, P. H. Jr. (1999). The human relationship with nature: development and culture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
4. Melson, G. F. (2001). Why the wild things are: animals in the lives of children. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
5. Myers, E. O. (1998). Children and animals: social development and our connection to other species. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.