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This enduring classic of educational thought offers teachers and parents deep, original insight into the nature of early learning. John Holt was the first to make clear that, for small children, ""learning is as natural as breathing."" In this delightful yet profound book, he looks at how we learn to talk, to read, to count, and to reason, and how we can nurture and encourage these natural abilities in our children.

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By his vision of what can be done in education, he makes us think in new ways about what is being done.-- ""The Wall Street Journal"" Holt is a class with Piaget.-- ""New York Review of Books"" One of the most profoundly moving books I've ever read, the truest account of how I remember my best learning experiences as a child and an adult.-- ""Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway and Little Brother"" The gentle voice of reason.-- ""Life magazine"" ""Mr. Holt has a lot to say about children that is original, acute, and worthy of our closest attention."" -- ""New York Times Book Review, praise for the author""

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John Holt (1927-1985), one of this country's leading educational and social critics, was the author of ten influential books which have been translated into fourteen languages. Known both as a passionate reformer and as ""the gentle voice of reason"" (LIFE magazine), John Holt offers insights into the nature of learning that are more relevant today than ever before. Deborah Meier is a renowned educator, MacArthur Fellow, and the founder of the small schools movement. She is on the faculty of the Steinhardt school of education at New York University. Matt Kugler is a voice talent and audiobook narrator.

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