Bud Finds Her Gift

From the #1 New York Times bestselling Indigenous author of Braiding Sweetgrass comes a beautiful and lushly illustrated tale celebrating gratitude, reciprocity, and finding our place in the natural world, ideal for sharing with the youngest readers.

When young Bud sees people bustling around, intent on their chores and their screens, she is certain they must be doing important things—and she wants to be included. But wise Nokomis, her grandmother, shows her that there is a different way to find belonging, one that relies on stillness and observing the natural world. As Bud discovers the freely given gifts of the Earth, she wonders if she has something important to give back: What is her gift?

Infused with warmth, humor, and insight, and beautifully illustrated by Naoko Stoop, the first picture book by renowned author and Indigenous ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer inspires readers to treasure nature’s generosity and the gifts each one of us can share with the Earth.

Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a 2-time presenter in the 4 Seasons of Indigenous Learning Course. She is a mother, scientist, professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Dr. Kimmerer is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow and is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.

She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants as well as The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance and  Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses.