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By Monique Gray Smith, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Nicole Neidhardt 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. AWARDS • 2023&nbspNSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 winner • 2022&nbspPublishers Weekly Best Book of the Year winner • 2022&nbspKirkus Best Teen Books of the Year winner • 2023&nbspRiverby Award winner • 2022&nbspJunior Library Guild Selection winner • 2022&nbspParents Magazine Best Kids' Books short-listed • 2022&nbspSigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for Children's Literature winner • 2023&nbspGreen Earth Book Award short-listed • 2023&nbspChildren's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year winner • 2023&nbspThe Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens winner • 2023&nbspCybils short-listed • 2023&nbspNautilus Book Awards winner • 2024&nbspTexas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List winner • 2023&nbspGreen Earth Book Award commendation • 2025&nbspKirkus Reviews Best Books of the 21st Century winner