Witch's Garden CTB Atinuke’s first foray into nonfiction

Atinuke’s first foray into nonfiction admirably presents an accessible and engaging narrative" School Library Journal "Nigerian storyteller Atinuke presents the beautiful diversity and contrasts of a continent of more than a billion people in her first nonfiction work

It would take a hard heart not to be moved by this book

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Witch's Garden CTB Atinuke’s first foray into nonfictionThe Witch's Garden describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary and storied plants from the screaming mandrake to calming St John's Wort, to predicting the weather with seaweed, the creation of salves for broken hearts, sore heads, protection from evil spirits and to even induce immortality. Wise women, apothecaries, witches, herbalists: whatever you like to call them, those who cultivate plants for their apparent mystical