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An international and New York Times best-seller with over 2 million copies sold, for the first time in Spanish language in the US. By the botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass has become a fundamental read during the last decade. Bringing together the author''s scientific training with her indigenous wisdom, it presents the knowledge of plants and animals as invaluable life lessons from our oldest teachers. With captivating storytelling that draws on her life as a scientist, indigenous, woman, and mother, Wall Kimmerer circles toward a central argument--awakening ecological consciousness requires acknowledging and celebrating our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. With over two million copies sold worldwide and translated into twenty languages, this marks the first time this international best-seller will be published in Spanish language in the US. For readers of The Four Agreements, Paulo Coelho, and anyone interested in nature, ecology, and new insightful perspectives on spirituality. A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller Named a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary Hub A Washington Post "2020 Holiday Gift Guide" Recommendation A Minneapolis Star Tribune "2020 Holiday Book Recommendation" A Book Riot "Favorite Summer Read of 2020?" A Food Tank Reading Recommendation for Fall 2020
About the author
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, writer, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants as well as Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. Kimmerer is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow and was named to the Time list of the100 Most Influential People of 2025. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.
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Robin Wall Kimmerer es madre, científica, escritora, profesora condecorada, miembro de la Nación Potawatomi. Es autora del bestseller del New York Times Una trenza de hierba sagrada, así como de Reserva de musgo: una historia natural y cultural. Kimmerer es becaria MacArthur Fellow de 2022. Vive en Syracuse, Nueva York, donde es Profesora Distinguida de Biología Ambiental en SUNY y fundadora y directora del Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.
Summary
Bestseller del New York Times por más de 200 semanas consecutivas.
«Mejor Colección de Ensayos de la Década» según Literary Hub.
Uno de los libros más importantes de nuestros tiempos, que nos invita a descubrir un nuevo lenguaje para comunicarnos con la naturaleza y recibir sus enseñanzas.
Como mujer indígena, Robin Wall Kimmerer es heredera de un valioso legado que considera a los animales y las plantas nuestros mejores maestros. Como botánica, se ha valido del rigor científico para estudiar mejor la naturaleza. Y como madre, profesora y escritora, ha dedicado su vida a conjugar ambas perspectivas para abogar por un despertar de la consciencia ecológica que reconozca y celebre nuestra profunda conexión con otras formas de vida.
En Una trenza de hierba sagrada, la autora entreteje experiencias y saberes en una serie de relatos iluminadores y emotivos que nos inspiran a fortalecer nuestra relación sagrada con la Madre Tierra. Cada capítulo es una magnífica lección de gratitud y reciprocidad, que nos recuerda que, si ofrecemos nuestros dones al mundo y lo ayudamos a sanar, este nos retribuirá con la armonía y el bienestar que tanto anhelamos.
Bestseller del New York Times
Bestseller del Washington Post
Bestseller del Los Angeles Times
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A masterpiece of our times, inviting us to discover a new language for communicating with nature and receiving its lessons.
As a Native American woman, Robin Wall Kimmerer is the heir to a valuable legacy that views animals and plants as our greatest and oldest teachers. As a botanist, she leverages scientific knowledge to better understand nature. And as a mother, teacher, and writer, she has dedicated her life to blending these perspectives and advocate for an awakening of ecological consciousness that acknowledges and celebrates our deep connection with other forms of life.
In Braiding Sweetgrass, the author weaves together experiences and knowledge in a series of illuminating and emotional stories that inspire us to reinvigorate our sacred relationship with Mother Earth. Each chapter offers a magnificent lesson in gratitude and reciprocity, reminding us that if we contribute our gifts to the world and help it heal, it will reward us with the harmony and wellness we are yearning for.
A New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post Bestseller
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
Named a “Best Essay Collection of the Decade” by Literary Hub
