Reading the Earth A Story of Wildness Author:David Ross Brower, Aleks Petrovitch In the role of elder and sage, David Brower describes the story of the earth's origins and evolution to three children. During six days the wonders of nature appear, including the sun, the rain, the first plants and moving creatures, and the dinosaurs. When Man appears in the final seconds of the sixth day, he begins to make choices that threate... more »n the future of the planet, but the three children also learn there is hope.« less