Portion of title |
Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants |
Contents |
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. |
Abstract |
"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. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Interest age level |
Ages 12 and up |
Interest grade level |
Grades 6 and up |
Audience |
980 Lexile |
Issued in other form | Online version: Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding sweetgrass for young adults Minneapolis, MN : Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., [2022] 9781728460635 |
Genre/form | Biographies. |
Genre/form | Juvenile works. |
Genre/form | Young adult nonfiction. |
Genre/form | Biographies. |
LCCN | 2022012153 |
ISBN | 9781728458984 hardcover |
ISBN | 1728458986 hardcover |
ISBN | 9781728458991 paperback |
ISBN | 1728458994 paperback |
ISBN | electronic book |
ISBN | electronic book |