With selections from Kohl's classic 36 Children, the award-winning The View from the Oak and other well-known books, this reader is a major resource for teachers and parents. The excerpts featured span Kohl's entire career and include his practical as well as his theoretical writings on education. In more than 40 books on subjects ranging from social justice to mathematics, and from morality to parenthood, Kohl has truly earnt his reputation as the foremost US educator.