{"product_id":"braiding-sweetgrass-for-young-adults-by-robin-wall-kimmerer","title":"Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Robin Wall Kimmerer, adapted by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI could hand you a braid of sweet grass as thick and shining as the braid that hung down my grandmother's back. But it is not mine to give, nor yours to take. Wiingaashk belongs to herself. I offer, in her place, a braid of stories meant to heal our relationship with the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer is trained to use the tools of science to ask questions of nature. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces plants and animals as our oldest teachers. Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, Kimmerer demonstrated how when we listen to the languages of other beings - from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen - we are capable of understanding the generosity of the earth and learn to give our own gifts in return in her best-selling book \u003cem\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth's oldest teachers: the plants around us. With informative sidebars, reflection questions, and art from illustrator Nicole Neidhardt, \u003cem\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults\u003c\/em\u003e highlights how acknowledging and celebrating our reciprocal relationship with the earth results in a wider, more complete understanding of our place and purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobin Wall Kimmerer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Her first book, \u003cem\u003eGathering Moss\u003c\/em\u003e, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. Her writings have appeared in \u003cem\u003eOrion\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWhole Terrain\u003c\/em\u003e, and numerous scientific journals. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonique Gray Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is a mom, an award winning, bestselling author, and professional consultant. Her recent writing includes \u003cem\u003eSpeaking our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMy Heart Fills with Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eYou Hold Me Up\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLucy and Lola\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWhen We Are Kind\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eI Hope, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTilly and the Crazy Eights\u003c\/em\u003e . Monique is Cree and Scottish and lives in Victoria, Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicole Neidhardt\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45932450840636,"sku":null,"price":27.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/9781728458991_cfl.jpg?v=1785269260","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/braiding-sweetgrass-for-young-adults-by-robin-wall-kimmerer","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}