About the Author

John Holt (1923-1985), is the author of the enduring classics, How Children Learn and How Children Fail (which together have sold over a million and a half copies and been translated into over a dozen languages). His influence among those concerned with child development continues to spread. Pat Farenga, writer, publisher of Growing Without Schooling, and president of Holt Associates, is the father of three home-schooled daughters.