Volume 13, Number 6 · October 9, 1969
To the Rescue
By John Holt
The Lives of Children
by George Dennison
Random House, 308 pp., $6.95
For some months, when speaking to teachers or to anyone else concerned with education, I have said that while there were many recently published books on education (my own among them) that I thought they should read, if they felt they had time for only one it should be The Lives of Children. It is by far the most perceptive, moving, and important book on education that I have ever read, or indeed ever expect to. For while I hope that in years to come we may learn much about human growth and development that we do not now know, I doubt that any one book will advance our understanding as much as this one.
Review, 4315 words
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