Status
Available
Local notes
581.6 Kim
Collection
Genres
Publication
Zest Books ™ (2022), 304 pages
Description
Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things-from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen-provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth's oldest teachers: the plants around us. Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults brings Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation.
Awards
Riverby Awards (Winner — 2023)
Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award (Young Adult — 2022)
CYBILS Awards (Finalist — 2023)
Green Earth Book Award (Recommended Reading — Children's Nonfiction — 2023)
Nerdy Book Award (2022)
OYAN Book Rave (2023)
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List (Grades 9-12 — 2024)
MISelf in Books (High School — 2023)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
304 p.; 8.25 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member Shookie
This is a review of only the first chapter of Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults. Thank you to NetGalley, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith and Zest Books for this advance reader's selection. I love the beauty and warmth of the author's writing when she is talking about plants. She
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obviously has a great love of the natural world as well as her Indigenous culture. She illustrates what our relationship with the natural world should be, which tragically it is not for most of us. This is a fascinating book for anyone and it is wonderful that the original is being adapted for young people. They will learn a great deal. My only trepidation regarding this book is the reference to the horrific way her grandfather was treated because he was an Indigenous person. I would not fault the author for writing a book about the many ways Indigenous people in our country were mistreated, which is a very mild word for what they have endured. However, I don't think there is a place for that narrative in this particular book. This is about "Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants" and I think it is best served by sticking to that specific theme. Beautiful chapter, though, and I am excited to see the entire book. Show Less
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Pages
304