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 NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 winner •  2022 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year winner •  2022 Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year winner •  2023 Riverby Award winner •  2022 Junior Library Guild Selection winner •  2022 Parents Magazine Best Kids' Books short-listed •  2022 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for Children's Literature winner •  2023 Green Earth Book Award short-listed •  2023 Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year winner •  2023 The Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens winner •  2023 Cybils short-listed •  2023 Nautilus Book Awards winner