Joy Takes Root Field Guide - Fungi and along arroyos

and along arroyos

Milkweeds are the only food source for Monarch caterpillars

foraging tips

Chapters contain accessible descriptions for identifying members of each spider family

Joy Takes Root Field Guide - Fungi and along arroyosIn her grandmother's garden, a young Black girl learns about mindfulness and herbal medicine in this soothing intergenerational story about our connection to nature. It's Joy's first summer in her grandmother's South Carolina gardena rite of passage. In the midst of okra, spinach, and strawberries, Grammy teaches Joy that plants are friends with many uses. Herbs, for example, can be turned into medicine. There in Grammy's abundant backyard, Joy learns