Offsite: Robin Wall Kimmerer: Bud Finds Her Gift w/ Linda Sue Park

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass and The Serviceberry comes a beautiful and lushly illustrated tale celebrating gratitude, reciprocity, and finding our place in the natural world, ideal for sharing with the youngest readers.

When young Bud sees people bustling around, intent on their chores and their screens, she is certain they must be doing something important—and she wants to be a part of things by doing something important too.

But wise Nokomis, her grandmother, shows her that there is a different way to find belonging, one that relies on stillness and that cultivates paying attention to the natural world. As Bud discovers the freely given gifts of the Earth, she wonders if she has something important to give back: What is her gift?

With warmth, humor, and insight, Robin Wall Kimmerer weaves a reassuring and uplifting story to inspire readers of all ages to treasure nature’s generosity and the gifts each one of us can share with the Earth.

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.

Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medal winner for A Single Shard and #1 New York Times bestseller for A Long Walk to Water, is the renowned author of picture books and novels for young readers. She lives in Western New York. Learn more at lindasuepark.com.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Heights Branch, 286 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn, United States