Walking the World in Wonder: A Children's Herbal.CHATTY chat·ty adj. chat·ti·er, chat·ti·est 1. Inclined to chat; friendly and talkative. 2. Full of or in the style of light informal talk: a chatty letter. CHIVES chives alliumschoenoprasm. 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 Ellen Evert Hopman, M.Ed., was born in Salzburg, Austria. She is an herbalist, lay homeopath, and counselor who lives and works in Western Massachusetts. She held the position of vice president of the Henge of Keltria, an international Druid Fellowship, for nine years, 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 etiquette, name for the codes of rules governing social or diplomatic intercourse. These codes vary from the more or less flexible laws of social usage (differing according to local customs or taboos) to the rigid conventions of court and military circles, and they " along the way, such as making sure at least seven individuals of each species remain to reproduce at each site where you gather plants. |
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