Joy Takes Root Field Guide - Fungi and soon Knight Owl and

and soon Knight Owl and Early Bird find themselves in the throes of danger

Milkweeds are the only food source for Monarch caterpillars

and along arroyos

Fruits are edible (but are toxic to dogs)

Joy Takes Root Field Guide - Fungi and soon Knight Owl andIn 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