- While exploring the woods near Walden Pond, two children stumble across a mysterious abandoned cabin. They quickly discover the cabin is in fact occupied by none other than the 19th century genius, Henry David Thoreau. What will the children discover as they cross the threshold into Thoreau's whimsical world?—Anonymous
- The year is 1847. Ace and Eva Calloway, two children living in the slums just outside a small town in Massachusetts, run off one day to explore the woods near Walden Pond. They stumble across a mysterious cabin hidden deep in the woods. Creeping closer, they discover that the cabin is occupied. Unbeknownst to the children, they have just made the acquaintance of none other than Henry David Thoreau, in the midst of his great 'Experiment' at Walden Pond.
As the children enter the whimsical world of this 19th century genius, their situation at home proves less than ideal. Having worked for years to escape their poverty and move out of the slums, the family is still unable to make any improvement in their living situation. With the children quickly losing any hope of a better life and their mother nearing exhaustion, Thoreau endeavors to show them that they are rich already, "if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days," and to teach them how to "live deep and suck out all the marrow of life."
Can the children overcome the reality of their material poverty to embrace a much greater kind of wealth?
Drawing from Thoreau's classic book 'Walden,' published in 1856, 'Marbles with Thoreau' captures the spirit of Thoreau's vision while reminding us that happiness truly comes from appreciating what you have rather than chasing after what you don't.
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