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By Richard Louv

On Sale: May 12, 2026
Page Count: 288 pages
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN-13: 9781643753034

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The internationally bestselling author of Last Child in the Woods seeks a deeper personal connection to nature during this time of ecoanxiety and upheaval by exploring his own backyard

Long beloved for his insightful, inspiring nature writing, Richard Louv returns with his most personal book yet. Noticing is about discovering who you are by exploring the natural world. Louv shows how, by tapping into the thirty or more human senses we have, readers can develop skills––sensory, scientific, artistic, and spiritual––to see and experience the otherworlds of nature.

Through personal essays, rich with descriptions of the California wilderness around his home in the most biodiverse county in the nation, Louv draws on wisdom from influences as far-reaching as neuroscience, nature photography, Indigenous traditions, and mindfulness to foster what he calls “bioenchantment.” He offers a new, deeper understanding of what it means to see a tree, know a fox, and to become fully human.

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Richard Louv is a journalist and the author of ten books, including Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, The Nature Principle, and Vitamin N. Translated into twenty languages, his books have helped launch an international movement to connect children, families, and communities to nature. He is cofounder and chair emeritus of the nonprofit Children & Nature Network, which supports a new nature movement. Louv has written for the New York Times, Outside magazine, Orion Magazine, Parents, and many other publications. He appears regularly on national radio and TV, and lectures throughout the world. In 2008, he was awarded the Audubon Medal. Prior recipients have included Rachel Carson, E. O. Wilson, President Jimmy Carter, and Sir David Attenborough.

“Richard Louv’s Noticing isn’t nature writing as usual, it’s an invitation to meet the more-than-human world through all the senses. Drawing on research, mindfulness practices, Indigenous wisdom, and intimate encounters in the biodiverse California wilderness, Louv shows us that there’s far more to the outdoors than what meets the eye. The result is a beautiful ode to wonder—and a reminder that our capacity for enchantment is a skill we can relearn.”

Linda Åkeson McGurk, author of The Open-Air Life and There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather
“Richard Louv is one of today’s most discerning observers of the natural world and our place in it, and Noticing is his most personal and intimate book yet. It is full of grace and full of wonder. A beautiful guide to being present, reconnecting, caring, healing, and thriving.”

Howard Frumkin, Former Director of CDC National Center for Environmental Health
"Richard Louv has created a ‘multi-being’ in the form of a book illustrating, all the senses needed to fully attend to this wonderful, divergent world. No single species can do this, but Noticing, filled with Richard’s observations and the sensory insights of many others, human and nonhuman, is as close as you are ever going to get."

Glenn Albrecht, author of Earth Emotions
“What a gift! And so needed. Rich Louv’s Noticing is simultaneously informative and inspiring, uplifting and grounded. Reading his words, I found myself laughing out loud at times. Moments later, I was on the verge of tears. With humor and heart, scholarship and practicality, Rich provides a path forward for healing human relationships with the rest of nature.”

Cheryl Charles, Ph.D., International Co-Chair of IUCN’s NatureForAll and Co-Founder of Children & Nature Network

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Richard Louv

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Richard Louv is a journalist and the author of ten books, including Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, The Nature Principle, and Vitamin N. Translated into twenty languages, his books have helped launch an international movement to connect children, families, and communities to nature. He is cofounder and chair emeritus of the nonprofit Children & Nature Network, which supports a new nature movement. Louv has written for the New York Times, Outside magazine, Orion Magazine, Parents, and many other publications. He appears regularly on national radio and TV, and lectures throughout the world. In 2008, he was awarded the Audubon Medal. Prior recipients have included Rachel Carson, E. O. Wilson, President Jimmy Carter, and Sir David Attenborough.

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