Children are natural foragers. They like getting outside and hunting for hidden things, and this handbook gives that instinct somewhere useful to go.

David Hamilton covers thirty of the most commonly found wild plants in North America, the sort growing in the nearest woods, the local park and often the back garden, with the identification detail you need before anything gets picked. Then it tells you what to do with the haul, in recipes written for children to help with: puffball kebabs, chocolate hazelnut spread, wild raspberry muffins. A short book that turns a walk into an afternoon.