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Braiding sweetgrass for young adults indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants

"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"--

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Main Authors: Kimmerer, Robin Wall (Author), Gray Smith, Monique, 1968- (Adapter)
Other Authors: Neidhardt, Nicole (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., [2022].
Subjects:
Kimmerer, Robin Wall > Young adult nonfiction.
Indian philosophy > Young adult nonfiction.
Ethnoecology > Young adult nonfiction.
Philosophy of nature > Young adult nonfiction.
Human ecology > Philosophy > Young adult nonfiction.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Young adult nonfiction.
Human-plant relationships > Young adult nonfiction.
Botany > Philosophy > Young adult nonfiction.
Potawatomi Indians > Biography > Young adult nonfiction.
Potawatomi Indians > Social life and customs > Young adult nonfiction.
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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"--
Physical Description:303 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Audience:Ages 12-18
Grades 7-9
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781728458991
1728458994
9781728458984
1728458986
Author Notes:Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Her first book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. Her writings have appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of EnvironmentalBiology and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. Monique Gray Smith is a mom, an award winning, bestselling author, and professional consultant. Her recent writing includes Speaking our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation, My Heart Fills with Happiness, You Hold Me Up, Lucy and Lola, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience, When We Are Kind, I Hope, and Tillyand the Crazy Eights . Monique is Cree and Scottish and lives in Victoria, Canada. Nicole Neidhardt is a Diné (Navajo) artist of Kiiyaa'áanii clan. She received her MFA from OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario, and a bachelor of fine arts with a business minor from the University of Victoria. She is the cofounder of the Innovative Young Indigenous Leaders Symposium, alongside Gina Mowatt, and is the cofounder of Groundswell Climate Collective, a group that is fighting the climate crisis through resiliency and artwork. She currently residesin Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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