Walking the World in Wonder: A Children's Herbal. - Review - book review

E: The Environmental Magazine, May, 2001 by R.K.

CHATTY CHIVES

Listen closely, and you will hear the oak tree tell you about its medicinal uses or the chives suggest themselves for a salad. Of course, it helps if you happen to be exploring the woods with Walking the World in Wonder: A Children's Herbal (Healing Arts Press, $19.95), written by Ellen Evert Hopman and illustrated by Jane Allemann. Sixty-seven herbs--organized by season--playfully introduce themselves and talk about their natural habitats and many uses. Your kids learn "green etiquette" along the way, such as making sure at least seven individuals of each species remain to reproduce at each site where you gather plants.