Why did I love this book?
This book touched my soul. Braiding Sweetgrass blends indigenous wisdom, science, and the teachings of plants to teach an important message about rekindling our relationship with the land.
It’s written with such tender knowing that perhaps it should be given to every child and adult in the world. Overflowing with soulful stories that resonate so deeply it could start a kind of revolution in remembering.
Elizabeth Gilbert says this book is 'like a hymn of love to the world,’ It explores how through listening to the lessons plants teach us, we can enable a cycle of reciprocal flourishing - a tender reminder of the damage that's been done, yet a hopeful and encouraging call towards healing the world we share with so many species.
51 authors picked Braiding Sweetgrass as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Called the work of "a mesmerizing storyteller with deep compassion and memorable prose" (Publishers Weekly) and the book that, "anyone interested in natural history, botany, protecting nature, or Native American culture will love," by Library Journal, Braiding Sweetgrass is poised to be a classic of nature writing. As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer asks questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces indigenous teachings that consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take "us on a journey that is…