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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.

Kimmerer, Robin Wall, (author.). Gray Smith, Monique, 1968- (adapter.). Neidhardt, Nicole, (illustrator.). Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Adaptation of (work): Braiding sweetgrass. (Added Author).

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781728458984
  • ISBN: 1728458986
  • ISBN: 9781728458991
  • ISBN: 1728458994
  • Physical Description: 303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Minneapolis : Zest Books, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 12-18 Zest Books.
Grades 7-9 Zest Books.
Subject:
Kimmerer, Robin Wall > Juvenile literature.
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.
Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
Indian philosophy.
Ethnoecology
Philosophy of nature.
Human ecology > Philosophy.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Human-plant relationships.
Botany > Philosophy.
Potawatomi Indians > Biography.
Potawatomi Indians > Social life and customs.
Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
Botany > Philosophy.
Ethnoecology.
Human ecology > Philosophy.
Human-plant relationships.
Indian philosophy.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Philosophy of nature.
Potawatomi Indians.
Potawatomi Indians > Social life and customs.
Genre:
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Young adult nonfiction.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 22 of 22 copies available at Westchester Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 22 total copies.

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English (2)
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