In an unpredictable world, take courage and inspiration from powerful indigenous stories that unfold the profound wisdom found all around us in Nature. Tree With Golden Apples is a rare collection of twelve myths, anecdotes and folk tales that reveal the botanical wisdom of the ancients alongside the perspective of modern scientific discoveries. For possibly the first time, these parallel views of the extraordinary gifts of botanical life are presented side-by-side with the musical, poetic speech of the storyteller and the precise language of the scientist, expanding our awe for life on earth.

Readers, whatever their age or background, can expect to be astounded, amused and deeply touched in turn by the insights and knowledge that emerge in these tales.

Each of these twelve traditional stories from world cultures presents archetypal images of the miraculous gifts of botanical life on earth.

AUTHOR BIO:

Susan Strauss is a professional storyteller, internationally known for her performances on natural history themes and for her signature workshop, The Passionate Fact: Storytelling Science. She has written original narratives for Monterey Bay Aquarium, a National Forest Service salmon watershed restoration project, and a National Park Service film on the wolf in mythology used in Yellowstone National Park. She lives in Bend, Oregon.

Strauss began as a storyteller of Native American Coyote Stories. Her storytellings grew from friendships with Native elders, anthropological texts, and her love of America’s native wild dog. She discovered that the miraculous stories we call natural science found an echo in the beautiful, mythic pictures in worldwide indigenous stories. Internationally recognized as a storyteller of natural history themes, she combines mythic/traditional story from many cultures with personal anecdote and scientific information.