Like life itself, the authorโs way is not linear. One landmark leads back to a favorite campsite, another prompts him to consider the โgospel of rocks,โ another launches him into the wilderness beyond the starsโa contemplation of time and space and humanityโs place in all of it. The creator of thirty-four books, including the classic Old Turtle, and an expert woodsman and wilderness canoe guide, Wood brings all his storytelling and bushwhacking skills to bear as he takes us hurtling down wild rapids, crossing stormy lakes, or simply navigating the treacherous currents and twisty trails of everyday life.
ย A warm, generous, and knowing guide, Wood maps a journey that, as he says, โanyone can take, through a landscape anyone can know.โ Turning the pages, hiking the portages, running the rapids, or scanning the wild country from high promontory, he invites us to say, in a soul-satisfying moment of recognition, โI know that place.โย
Douglas Woodโs first book, Old Turtle, was hailed as an โinstant classic.โ His other works, including the New York Times bestseller Grandadโs Prayers of the Earth and his humorous Canโt Do series, have earned such honors as the American Booksellers Book of the Year Award, the Christopher Medal, Parentsโ Choice Award, International Reading Association Book of the Year Award, Smithsonian Notable Books for Children Award, Storytelling World Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Association for Environmental Education. He has read his books at the White House and New Yorkโs Lincoln Center. He lives with his family in a log cabin on the Mississippi River.