Douglas Wood is the author of the classics Old Turtle, Grandad's Prayers of the Earth, and Fawn Island. Among his many literary honors are the Christopher Medal, International Reading Association Book of the Year, and the American Booksellers ABBY Award.

Artist and wilderness guide Douglas Wood here presents his personal recipe for being truly alive-for arriving at the ground beneath your feet and feeling at home in the universe. Warm, witty, and wise,with a rare knack for getting to the heart of things in two words rather than two-thousand, BREATHE THE WIND, DRINK THE RAIN is a guidebook to that most elusive destination of all. Yourself.