Rachel Carson Instilling a Sense of Wonder

Rachel Carson: Role Model Yale Collection of American Literature Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Meager Beginnings Yale Collection of American Literature Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

The Love of Nature Instilled Yale Collection of American Literature Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library “I can remember no time when I wasn’t interested in the out-of-doors.”

A Good Family Life Yale Collection of American Literature Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rachel Carson: A Role Model Yale Collection of American Literature Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

She Dreamed of the Sea

“Those who dwell…among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone…”

Beginning Her Career Yale Collection of American Literature Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature…”

A Bounty from the Sea

“The more I learned about the use of pesticides, the more appalled I became.”

Silent Spring Roared

“…when any living thing has come to the end of its cycle we accept that end as natural…”

The Amazing Sense of Wonder

Rachel’s Legacy Lives On

Step in Her Shoes Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Seeds to Grow “And with your child you can ponder the mystery of a growing seed…”

Children—Our Most Precious Resource

Instill a Sense of Wonder

“For all at last returns to the sea…like the ever flowing stream of time, the beginning and the end.” Rachel Carson