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Rosemary Gladstar, one of the most trusted names in natural medicine, shares dozens of easy-to-make, safe and effective herbal remedies and home care advice for addressing children's most common ailments. In this highly accessible handbook, best-selling author and herbal medicine expert Rosemary Gladstar offers her time-tested, safe and gentle natural recipes, along with simple care advice, for addressing children's everyday health needs. Parents of babies and toddlers will discover how easy it is create a home medicine cabinet of herbal remedies for addressing everything from colic to cradle cap, diaper rash, earaches, colds, cuts, teething, and more. Gladstar's child-tested recipes feature appealing flavors in forms kids love, including teas, syrups, herbal ice pops, "candy" balls, and herbal baths. A quick-reference guide outlines the recommended uses for all the child-safe herbs, including chamomile, milky oats, peppermint, dill, echinacea, lemon balm, and licorice. With her commonsense guidance and time-tested wisdom, Rosemary Gladstar is the reassuring advisor every parent would like to have around the home whenever the need for natural and effective first-aid solutions arises.

Take Papercrafting to a Whole New DimensionFrom an origami parrot to an inflatable votive light or a breathtaking patchwork curtain, this unique collection of artistic projects will spark your creativity and expand your papercrafting skills in al directions. Helen Hiebert reveals the range of possibilities in a single sheet of paper, from the practical to the ornamental, using standard origami paper, card stock, utilitarian Tyvek and kraft paper, delicate handmade Asian paper, and more.Features designs from top contemporary paper artists, including:Béatrice CoronEric GjerdeHedi KylePaul JacksonPeter DahmenRobert J. LangShawn SheehySusan Joy Shareand more

60 temporary tattoos featuring realistic illustrations of the animals of the forest, including bears, moose, deer, birds, insects, and more, along with fun facts about each creature. Nature-loving kids can show off their favorite forest animals on their arms and legs with this collection of 60 colorful, kid-friendly temporary Tattoos That Teach, featuring bears, deer, owls, birds, insects, and more creatures that inhabit woodland forests. The tattoos are easy to apply by adding a bit of water and last for up to a week. In addition to the tattoos, the book features fun facts about woodland animals. Kids will love showing off these temporary tattoos and sharing their new nature knowledge with friends.

Art activism, artivism, craftivism, or the space where art and activism meet, is a powerful, ever-evolving social justice movement that continues to grow and diversify as more voices and mediums increasingly take part in it.In Let's Move the Needle, Shannon Downey, an outspoken voice in the craftivist movement for over a decade, meets burgeoning art activists where they are and provides a roadmap and accessible toolkit for every leg of their activist journey. Filled with self-reflective activities, exercises, and prompts, along with practical stories about the work of other art activists across mediums and throughout history, Let's Move the Needle educates and empowers creatives to centre their art around collective action in service of political, social or community issues they are most passionate about; affirming that everyone can be a changemaker and that change-making can be generative, enjoyable, and a bit sassy!

Learn to raise tiny agriculturists with this insightful guide full of parenting advice and strategies for engaging kids in farm life while you're running your own homestead. In this first-ever book on the topic, author Katie Kulla offers her own hard-won wisdom, gleaned from more than a decade of raising kids while running a CSA farm with her husband. The book also features invaluable advice and insights from other farmer-parents and a wealth of practical tips and ideas for how to engage children on the farm—including activities for learning and play, and suggestions for how to enlist kids in chores and other farm responsibilities. Included are experiences and stories of diverse farm families encompassing a variety of identities and backgrounds across geographic locations, race and genders, family sizes, and farm scales, to represent the real face of farming today.

"The 10th anniversary updated edition of the classic introductory guide for kids, Cooking Class, features 72 recipes for yummy, nourishing meals kids can make themselves by following the easy, step-by-step photographic instructions"--

Tap into the wild wisdom of 108 plants, animals, and crystals in this boxed set of award-winning books by best-selling author Maia Toll. The set features dynamic illustrations by artist Kate O'Hara and contains 108 oracle cards, as well as an oracle divination mat to help guide your reflections. Author Maia Toll explores how meditating on the traits of particular plants, animals, and crystals can elucidate our own intentions, inform our actions, and offer wisdom and insight. In addition to the three books in the Wild Wisdom series-The Illustrated Herbiary, The Illustrated Bestiary, and The Illustrated Crystallary-this lushly illustrated boxed set features three sets of 36 oracle cards to draw on the wisdom of each plant, animal, and crystal profiled in the books. The set enables readers to use all 108 cards and the accompanying meditations in each book, together with the oracle divination mat, to explore the mystical side of the natural world, access their intuition, and navigate each day with a greater sense of equanimity and connection.

In this book of illustrated essays, Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian, presents a celebration of the human search for truth and beauty through the lenses of science and poetry. Poetry and science, as Popova writes in her introduction, "are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving it more deeply." In 15 short essays on subjects ranging from the mystery of dark matter and the infinity of pi to the resilience of trees and the intelligence of octopuses, Popova tells the stories of scientific searching and discovery. These stories are interwoven with details from the very real and human lives of scientists—many of them women, many underrecognized—and poets inspired by the same questions and the beauty they reveal. Each essay is paired with a poem reflecting its subject by poets ranging from Emily Dickinson, W. H. Auden, and Edna St. Vincent Millay to Maya Angelou, Diane Ackerman, and Tracy K. Smith, and is stunningly illustrated by celebrated artist Ofra Amit. Together, they wake us to a "reality aglow with wonder."

"In The Fermentation Oracle, author Julia Skinner opens a portal to new culinary and personal explorations by sharing 36 guided meditations on the properties of each ferment, intended to help you think creatively about the gifts of that particular food or drink, access intuition, and navigate each day's joys and problems more thoughtfully. The book is packaged with a deck of 36 lavishly illustrated oracle cards to spark your next culinary adventure and 38 creative recipes inspired by the readings that accompany them"--

"Kids explore nature at night with scavenger hunts, flashlight games, and field guides for nocturnal creatures with a real magnifying glass, stickers, and a nature journal. Packed with nighttime scavenger hunts, flashlight games, and field guides for nocturnal animals, insects, and birds, this nighttime activity book-complete with a real magnifying glass, stickers, and a fold-out journal-is the perfect take-along nature exploration guide for kids aged 4 to 8"--

"World of Rot takes readers on a deep dive into the process of decay, from the science behind it to an up-close and personal look at the organisms that do the dirty work to make our planet livable. With a touch of humor and quirky full-color illustrations, kids will learn about the life-recycling system happening all around us-in the sea, in the soil, and even inside our own bodies"--

Julia Rothman, bestselling author and illustrator of Farm Anatomy, presents a companion activity book for kids aged 8 and up, with pages of creative learning activities, including matching challenges, mazes, ID and drawing exercises, word puzzles, and observational challenges.The author invites you to try your hand at identifying, drawing, and learning the parts and pieces of life on a farm. Loaded with Rothman's original illustrations, this interactive format features fun challenges on every page, including labeling the parts of a rabbit, buzzing though a pollinator's maze, figuring out a secret farm code, identifying tools and equipment, and learning to draw a sheep and a horse. Rothman's lively collection of on-the-page quizzes, puzzles, and activities will intrigue and entertain you, whether you live on a farm or not.

A fresh, modern take on paint-by-number features 20 frame-worthy mushroom images, accompanied by step-by-step instructions and humorous profiles of each mushroom.   This book is an open invitation to create art. Inside you’ll find tips and techniques for painting 20 mushrooms printed on premium cardstock along with a swatch palette for color matching. The 8" x 10" sheets have two background options--light or dark--and are designed to fit store bought, ready-made frames.

James Crews's three anthologies of contemporary poems celebrating hope, wonder, kindness, and connection packaged in a beautiful gift box set with the addition of four illustrated poem cards suitable for framing. These are the poems our world needs now. Together, the three books include over 300 poems by a diverse selection of leading and emerging contemporary poets, including Amanda Gorman, Ross Gay, Ada Limón, Jane Hirshfield, Tracy K. Smith, Julia Alvarez, Ellen Bass, Danusha Laméris, Li-Young Lee, Naomi Shihab Nye, Joy Harjo, Joseph Bruchac, Nikita Gill, Linda Hogan, Mark Nepo, Alberto Ríos, and others. Special bonus feature: four frameable prints of poems by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Kimberly Blaeser, Paula Gordon Lepp, and a new poem by James Crews.

A celebration of all things garlic, with stunning original photography throughout. Includes 36 garlic-forward recipes, as well as spice mixes, craft ideas, floral arrangements, growing instructions, and inspiration for garlic-themed dinners.In The Garlic Companion, author and garlic devotee Kristin Graves celebrates the wonderful world of this pungent herb, including how to plant, grow, harvest, and preserve it, as well as how to use both the bulbs and the scapes (flowering stems) in decorations and crafts such as garlic braids and wreaths. She has created 36 recipes that focus on using garlic in all its various forms-from Garlic Scape Refrigerator Pickles to Honey Garlic Ribs to Black Garlic Chocolate Chip Cookies-and offers dozens of ideas for celebrating the garlic harvest.

Expert beekeeper and swarm-catcher Hilary Kearney offers a unique window into the social lives and biology of these remarkable creatures, accompanied by the photos of world-renowned bee photographer Eric Tourneret. Readers will be awestruck by the hive as superorganism and how the individual bee lives and behaves within it, perfectly suited to each specific job it performs. From their intricate dances and information-rich pheromones to how they sense and respond to their environment, learn, and remember, this immersive journey into the world of bees offers an entirely new perspective on the wisdom of nature and our relationship to it.

60 colorful temporary tattoo designs that dog-loving kids will love to wear, with adorable images of a wide range of breeds, puppies, and playful poses.   Dog-crazy kids can wear their love on their bodies with this collection of 60 colorful, kid-friendly temporary tattoos featuring illustrations of favorite breeds, playful poses, and irresistibly cute puppies. They're easy to apply with just a bit of water and last up to a week. The accompanying text pages in this Tattoos that Teach book feature fun facts about dogs and puppies, breeds and behaviors, and more. Kids will love showing off these temporary tattoos and discovering cool dog facts!

50 original temporary tattoo designs for cat-loving kids, featuring kittens and cats of all colors and breeds, and playful poses. Cat-loving kids can wear their affection on their bodies with this collection of 50 colorful, kid-friendly temporary tattoos featuring a wide range of breeds, colors, sizes, and poses. They are easy to apply by adding a bit of water and last for up to a week. In addition, this Tattoos that Teach book includes text pages with fun facts about cat breeds, behavior, and origins. Kids will love showing off these temporary tattoos and sharing their new cat knowledge.

Julia Rothman's Wildlife Anatomy illustrations are featured in this collection of more than 500 stickers, including amazing mammals, birds, amphibians, and insects from around the world. Beloved illustrator Julia Rothman's playful art of wild animals from around the world, first presented in her book Wildlife Anatomy, is featured on 500 colorful stickers, perfect for decorating surfaces and using in craft and collage projects. From the armadillo to the aye-aye, the ocelot to the okapi, and the platypus to the panda, the most curious and fascinating animals are all included.

This perfect first guide for dog-crazy kids includes loads of adorable photos of different breeds, fun facts about how dogs communicate, guidance for kids on making friends with canines, and 50 colorful dog stickers.  Dog-loving kids ages 4 and up learn all about the various breeds and types of dogs; how they see, hear, and communicate; and what makes them happy in this lively, photo-packed introduction to everything about dogs. From puppies to really big dogs, dogs with long ears and dogs with short, curly tails, the wide world of dogs is celebrated while also teaching kids about how they can understand and be friends with these amazing animals, whether or not there's a dog in their household. Fifty colorful dog stickers are included, along with a a fold-out activity log page for keeping track of all the dog friends they meet.

"Nettle Power is a fascinating exploration of the many uses of nettle for food, medicine, and fiber. Colorful illustrations, recipes, and curious facts and lore make this a highly browsable and useful handbook for foraging, herb, and natural health enthusiasts"--

Enjoy 60 richly colored temporary tattoos featuring mystical images of plants, animals, and crystals, adapted from Maia Toll's best-selling Wild Wisdom books and illustrated by Kate O'Hara, along with 10 guided-ritual cards for tapping into the symbolic power and magic of key images. Maia Toll's Wild Wisdom collection—The Illustrated Herbiary, The Illustrated Bestiary, The Illustrated Crystallary, and The Wild Wisdom Companion—has garnered fans around the world, from herb and plant lovers to fans of the mystical and occult. Maia Toll's Wild Wisdom Tattoos transforms 60 of Kate O'Hara's magical images from the books into wearable art. The set of intricate, richly colored images of plants, animals, and crystals also includes 10 collectible guided-ritual cards offering insight into the symbolism and power of some of the key images.

The Portable Beer Expert Can you tell a Weissbeir from a Belgian? Deepen your appreciation of your favorite brews by learning to identify the scents, colors, and flavors of all the major beer styles. This completely updated second edition of the best-selling classic explores the culture, chemistry, and creativity that make craft beers so wonderfully complex. Randy Mosher delivers expert insights into the science of brewing and tasting, along with expanded sections on serving and pairing, including recipes for beer cocktails. The ultimate guide to enjoying every pint to the fullest features 10,000 years of history, dizens of distinct styles, hundreds of breweries, and 900 identified flavors.

Achieve your optimal health by learning to use herbs most effectively. Clinical herbalist Maria Noël Groves helps you understand the root causes of diabetes, hypertension, nerve pain, thyroid disorders, and so much more, while also teaching you how to make natural medicine an integral part of your daily self-care routine.

"Kids will love exploring the world of herbs with this lively and colorful collection of 50 nature-based activities created by Molly Meehan Brown and the global community of herbalists who contribute to the Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center. There are activities for different ages and interests, including how to make a pressed flower and herb collage, tie-dye fabric with turmeric, make elderberry syrup, plant a pollinator garden, make wild berry crumble, and more"--

"Clinical social worker Jen Daily helps kids understand the science behind feelings, taking them on a lively tour of the brain to see where anger, anxiety, sadness, and joy start, and offering activities for calming emotions"--

"This celebration of the beloved herb, written by an acclaimed lavender farmer and cooking instructor, is brimming over with inspiration and ideas for bringing the fragrance and flavor of lavender into daily life. The book profiles the most popular lavender varieties and their recommended uses, along with the history, lore, and traditional medicinal uses. More than 40 recipes showcase lavender in delicious dishes from the kitchen as well homemade craft and body products"--

In FULL COLOUR and brimming with new material, DECADE DIAMONDS & MONTH, DAY, HOUR AND MINUTE DIAMONDS simple steps and sums show how to stay in constant touch with your Destiny. Unique YEAR, MONTH & DAY TAROT SPREADS do, too. Their cards reveal your past, present and future major trends at a glance. Learn from these self-revealing, holistic methods how to spiritualise yourself. Let your DECADE DIAMONDS show what your Soul has mapped out for you for this lifetime. Did you know that have a special Tarot card at birth? It, like your Life Path and Destiny Numbers contains vital guidance and direction. Learn how to convert this card into a LIFETIME TAROT SPREAD to reveal hidden aspects of your nature, circumstances, gifts, lessons, options and choices never disclosed before. Use this book's self-help tools to forecast your past, present and future life directions with unequalled accuracy. Their revelations are inspiring, enlightening, informing and empowering. Decade Diamonds is a gem, a must have for all aspirants and practitioners.

Ease your stress and finally get a good night's sleep with the help of this guide to the top herbal remedies and natural methods. A good night’s sleep is the key to good overall health—both physical and mental—but as many as a third of adults say they don’t get enough of it. The pandemic has led to increased anxiety and stress, making it even more difficult to sleep than it was before. Over-the-counter sleep aids can be habit forming, and many people prefer a more natural approach.Herbal Remedies for Sleep introduces readers to the top 15 herbs for reducing stress and encouraging a good night’s sleep, along with recipes for using them in homemade formulas. The book includes three classes of herbs: those that have a general calming and relaxing effect; adaptogens, a class of herbs that has grown in popularity for its ability to balance and calm the nervous system; and sedative herbs, for those nights when you just can’t stop tossing and turning and need to go to sleep quickly. Remarkably, many of these herbs can easily be grown in an ordinary backyard, making it simple for people to grow a garden that helps promote a restful night’s sleep.