Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Dan Gemeinhart Discover how a tree’s wounds

Discover how a tree’s wounds and decay bring new life to the forest ecosystem in this lyrical nonfiction picture book for fans of Because of an Acorn and A Stone Sat Still

and their parents aren’t passive

Who etched the words "I Am Bug Man" inside my desk

things get all kinds of complicated

this book digs deeper into stuff we all wish we knew more about

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Dan Gemeinhart Discover how a tree’s woundsA New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Bestseller Named a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary Hub As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on a journey that is