Braiding sweetgrass for young adults : Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants / Robin Wall Kimmerer ; adapted by Monique Gray Smith ; illustrations by Nicole Neidhardt.
Material type: TextPublisher: Minneapolis : Zest Books, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:- 1728458994
- 1728458986
- 9781728458984
- 9781728458991
- Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants
- Kimmerer, Robin Wall -- Juvenile literature
- Kimmerer, Robin Wall
- Kimmerer, Robin Wall
- Indian philosophy -- Juvenile literature
- Ethnoecology -- Juvenile literature
- Philosophy of nature -- Juvenile literature
- Human ecology -- Philosophy -- Juvenile literature
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Juvenile literature
- Human-plant relationships -- Juvenile literature
- Botany -- Philosophy -- Juvenile literature
- Potawatomi Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Potawatomi Indians -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature
- E98.P5 K56 2022
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection | SB455.5 .K56 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800189979 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Meeting sweetgrass. An invitation to remember ; Skywoman falling ; Wiingaashk -- Planting sweetgrass. The council of pecans ; The gift of strawberries ; An offering ; Asters and goldenrod -- Tending sweetgrass. Maple sugar moon ; Witch hazel ; Allegiance to gratitude -- Picking sweetgrass.Epiphany in the beans ; The three sisters ; Wisgaak Gokpenagen : a black ash basket ; Mishkos Kenomagwen : the teachings of grass ; Maple nation : a citizenship guide ; The honorable harvest -- Braiding sweetgrass. In the footsteps of Nanabozho : becoming indigenous to place ; Sitting in a circle ; Burning cascade head ; Putting down roots ; Old-growth children -- Burning sweetgrass. Windigo footprints People of corn, people of light ; Shkitagen : People of the seventh fire ; Defeating Windigo.
Useful and appealing, this book offers illustrations, thought-provoking questions, and sidebar definitions for terms such as "alluvial soils" and "symbiosis." (Miller Library Staff)
"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"--
Recommended for secondary school (age 13-18) and for parents and teachers.
Ages 12-18 Zest Books.
Grades 7-9 Zest Books.