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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Book · 2024 · Robin Wall Kimmerer (botanist; author of Braiding Sweetgrass); illustrated by John Burgoyne. Scribner

Enough is its own kind of wealth. 🫐

Who it's for

This short, beautifully illustrated book turns gratitude outward.

Thankful, reflective→Generous, connected

Feelings it meets

What it is

Botanist and Potawatomi writer Robin Wall Kimmerer uses the serviceberry tree, which gives its fruit freely to birds, animals and people, to explore a 'gift economy' built on gratitude, sharing and reciprocity instead of scarcity and competition.

Where to find it

Hardcover, ebook and audiobook from major booksellers; widely held in libraries.

Before you start

Age: Teen and adult

We live in this world when we love it.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 279

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