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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.

Author/creator Kimmerer, Robin Wall author.
Other author/creatorGray Smith, Monique, 1968- adapter.
Other author/creatorNeidhardt, Nicole, illustrator.
Other author/creatorAdaptation of (work): Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding sweetgrass.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Minneapolis : Zest Books, [2022]
Copyright Notice ©2022
Description303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Interest age level Ages 12 and up
Interest grade level Grades 6 and up
Audience 980 Lexile
Issued in other formOnline version: Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding sweetgrass for young adults Minneapolis, MN : Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., [2022] 9781728460635
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formYoung adult nonfiction.
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2022012153
ISBN9781728458984 hardcover
ISBN1728458986 hardcover
ISBN9781728458991 paperback
ISBN1728458994 paperback
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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