Starred ReviewStarred Review Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted 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, Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults brings Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation.
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Awards
- Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List
- Green Earth Book Award Recommended Reading
- Nautilus Book Award Winner
- Notable AwardNotable Award Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Notable AwardNotable Award NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
- The Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens
- Riverby Award
- CYBILS Award Finalist
- Parents Magazine Best Children's Book Awards
- Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award Winner
- Notable AwardNotable Award Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Young Adults
- Notable AwardNotable Award Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year
Reviews
Starred ReviewStarred Review School Library Journal
“A book that is entirely in a class of its own, this belongs in every collection for teens.”—starred, School Library Journal
Booklist
“[F]illed with legends, reminiscences, bits of history, sidebars, drawings, and gentle challenges to readers, encouraging them to consider making changes in their actions, beliefs, and values. Truly, a lovely, calming addition for collections.”—Booklist
Starred ReviewStarred Review Publishers Weekly
“Smith smartly streamlines language while staying true to the narrative’s core concepts by adding brief sidebars that explain featured terminology, pose reflection questions, and highlight important passages, inviting collaborative discussion and acting as a call to action.”—starred, Publishers Weekly
Foreword Reviews
“Urging a look toward history and tradition to teach us how to answer the questions of the future, Gray Smith adapts Wall Kimmerer’s wisdom for a new, hungry audience.”—Foreword Reviews
Starred ReviewStarred Review Kirkus Reviews
“Both an urgent, essential call to action and an uplifting love letter.” –starred, Kirkus Reviews
Diane Wilson
“This beautiful, imaginative revisioning is a gift to our children that teaches them how to follow the path of our ancestors.”—Diane Wilson, author of The Seed Keeper
Jeffrey Canton
“Gray Smith’s adaptation makes this visionary exploration of Indigenous connections to the land, to plants and to storytelling and story-making accessible to a whole new readership and hopefully will inspire young people to rise to the challenges of the Climate Crisis.” –Jeffrey Canton, Children’s Book Columnist, The Globe and Mail
Shelagh Rogers, OC
“Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults is a book to grow up with and grow into. It is both medicine and a loud and urgent call to honour the gifts of the earth and the responsibility to give gifts to the earth in return.”—Shelagh Rogers, OC, host and producer of CBC Radio One’s The Next Chapter, and former chancellor of the University of Victoria
Angeline Boulley
“Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults is my new favorite book! What a great way for young people (and anyone, really) to learn about our healing medicines. Chii miigwech!”—Angeline Boulley, #1 NYT Bestselling author of Firekeeper’s Daughter