 | Braiding sweetgrass for young adults : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants Author: Kimmerer, Robin Wall | |
| Price: $14.75 | ||
Summary:
Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique Gray Smith, bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation.
| Added Entry - Personal Name: | Gray Smith, Monique |
| Illustrator: | Neidhardt, Nicole |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (08/15/22)
School Library Journal (+) (00/12/22)
Booklist (11/01/22)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 11/01/2022 This unique offering from an Indigenous botanist pulls together elements of science, lore, history, and ecology. It seeks to show how humans need to be mindful of their connections to the planet. Kimmerer, of Anishinaabe heritage, crafts her musings and teachings around the life cycle of sweetgrass. This common plant is considered sacred to many Native American cultures and is used not only for braiding baskets but also for medicine and as an important element in rituals. The book evolves around six sweetgrass categories: “Meeting,” “Planting,” “Tending,” “Picking,” “Braiding,” and “Burning,” and each chapter evokes an aspect of modern Western society in light of how so many people have gotten so far away from the old ways of cherishing the earth. Pages are filled with legends, reminiscences, bits of history, sidebars, and drawings, as well as gentle challenges to readers that encourage them. The text is engaging and goes down easy; notes and a bibliography round things off. Truly, a lovely, calming addition for collections. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.
Booklist - 11/01/2022 This unique offering from an Indigenous botanist pulls together elements of science, lore, history, and ecology. It seeks to show how humans need to be mindful of their connections to the planet. Kimmerer, of Anishinaabe heritage, crafts her musings and teachings around the life cycle of sweetgrass. This common plant is considered sacred to many Native American cultures and is used not only for braiding baskets but also for medicine and as an important element in rituals. The book evolves around six sweetgrass categories: “Meeting,” “Planting,” “Tending,” “Picking,” “Braiding,” and “Burning,” and each chapter evokes an aspect of modern Western society in light of how so many people have gotten so far away from the old ways of cherishing the earth. Pages are filled with legends, reminiscences, bits of history, sidebars, and drawings, as well as gentle challenges to readers that encourage them. The text is engaging and goes down easy; notes and a bibliography round things off. Truly, a lovely, calming addition for collections. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.
