A Kid's Herb Book: For Children of All Ages

This is an *amazing* book. It isn't just any old book about herbs, that simply lists information about them. The book starts out explaining the importance of plants, what a herb, spice, and weed are; how people first learned about herbs, and much more. Then the herbs come in. For each herb covered, the author talks about the properties, importance, and uses of it, a line drawing of it is included, and there are recipes for making remedies, teas, perfumes, tinctures, powders, oils, vapor rubs, toiletries, mouthwash, food, drinks, and other projects. There is also a story for each herb, and even songs for some of them. Little tid bits of information are peppered throughout the book. The line drawings are beautiful. There's information on growing a herb garden, a glossary, a quick guide to treating illnesses, information on dosages for children, and SO much more.16 herbs are covered in this book:-Lemon Balm-Fennel-Mullein-Garlic-Plantain-Chamomile-Comfrey-Slippery Elm-Echinacea-Licorice-Ginger-Elder-Calendula-Cinnamon-Dandelion-YarrowIt is certainly not exhaustive, but is an excellent introduction that I, as an adult, am finding not only extremely informative, but fun. It is written for children (I would say ages 4 or 5 and on up), but not childish. The author writes in a way that respects children and their intelligence and doesn't talk down to them. It is not colourful and flashy. The author invites the child to colour in the drawings himself/herself.The book is secular in nature and is a bit on the new-age side. For example, advice is given on how to pick herbs and the author says you should greet the plant and ask permission to pick it. If you 'feel' the plant has answered yes, you can go ahead. This is not a judgement, by the way, merely an observation of the tone of this book.This book is organised well, is visually appealing, and makes herbs exciting! I cannot recommend this book enough.

Only had a quick look at this book so far, but it looks great! There's so much information about herbs and there uses, it will be just as interesting to me as it will be for my children!

Bought this for my 11 year old daughter. It is absolutely brilliant. Can't recommend highly enough. She loves it. It is jam packed with info on various herbs, how to use the herbs medicinally and cosmetically, including recipes for ointments, salves, lotions, etc. As well as songs, stories, interesting facts and tons of things to make. Brilliant book . Well worth the money. Can be used with younger children ( supported) right up to adult.

This is the best herb book I've ever seen. Ever. Excellent for children and adults-new-to-herbs alike, there are stories, anecdotes, recipes (for both internal and external use), songs and sufficient info on each herb discussed to give one a thorough grounding in the character of each, and what they can be used for. Absolutely recommend for anyone starting their journey with herbs.

Fantastic reference and activity book. American audience but well worth the money

This is such a great wee book for both adults and kids.

Gorgeous book, with lots of knowledge woven together with beautiful stories

My 5 year old son and I love this book. It is packed with ideas and information presented clearly and in depth, so that you can really make and safely use a very wide variety of herbal products, learn more about the history of herbs and find ideas for gardening and protecting the environment. The one part that made us cringe was the inclusion of some very dire songs, which had us shaking with laughter. The stories are okay but we could have done without them too as they are poorly written. It is quite new agey which is par for the course with herbals in my experience, but not aggressively so or blatantly pagan, and we can make the content work well for us as Catholic home educators. The plants and other ingredients used are all readily available, the recipes are simple for children to use and there is a really good section on using common kitchen items like onions and spices. It is presented with so much love and enthusiasm and experience, and works for a child of our son's age all the way through to adulthood - I was learning new things too.