A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader The Field Guide Introduction 1

Introduction 1

Tersa Sphinx (Xylophanes tersa)

timeless book shares text from the New York Times bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees alongside stunning photographs of forests

and tragic martyrdom

full-color images show the wildflowers of western North America close-up and in their natural habitats

A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader The Field Guide Introduction 1A Brain Pickings Best Children's Book of the Year"An embarrassment of riches." The New York TimesIn these pages, some of today's most wonderful culture makers writers, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philosophers reflect on the joys of reading, how books broaden and deepen human experience, and the ways in which the written word has formed their own character. On the page facing each letter, an illustration by a celebrated illustrator or