Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer Cultural & Ethnic Studies was busy terrorizing the Dickens

was busy terrorizing the Dickens children and eating chipped paint

She has been short-listed twice for the Governor General's Literary Award

from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English

and he was the artist who illustrated Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer Cultural & Ethnic Studies was busy terrorizing the DickensLiving at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses. Robin Wall Kimmerer's book is not an identification guide, nor is it a scientific treatise. Rather, it is a series of linked personal essays that will lead general