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The Caring For Learning Collection

Learning That Finds Its Way
Into Everyday Life

Making your first herbal remedy. Discovering a familiar plant in the backyard. Helping your daughter understand her changing body. These everyday moments can become opportunities to learn together.

Written by Jessie Leavitt, herbalist and founder of Caring For, this collection brings together practical herbal guides, children’s books, puberty and cycle education, and herbalism course materials.

Whether you’re beginning your own herbal studies or sharing what you learn with your children, explore the books and resources that fit your family’s next chapter.

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Find Your Next Chapter

Something for curious children, lifelong learners, and families learning together.

For Kids

Encourage curiosity about wild plants, herbal traditions, and growing bodies with books created for younger learners.

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For Adults

Explore practical herbal guides and resources to support your studies and bring what you learn into everyday home life.

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Curriculum & Courses

Take a more structured approach to learning with curriculum, herbalism course materials, and companion study resources.

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Learning Bundles

Explore books and resources brought together in sets, including companions for learning alongside your children.

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A Little Help Choosing

Not Sure Where to Begin?

Start with what you’re curious about or what your family is ready to explore.

I Want to Make Herbal Remedies

Begin with The Handmade Healer, a guide to DIY remedies for the home herbalist. Add The Handmade Healer’s Helper if you’d like to share herbal learning with your children.

I Want to Explore Plants With My Kids

Take a look at Look What We Found!, a children’s guide introducing 20 wild plants you can eat or use. Let it be a starting point for learning about plants together.

We’re Learning About Puberty & Periods

Explore Growing Into Your Cycle and The Whole Girl Guide. Read their descriptions to choose the resource that fits your daughter’s stage and the conversations you’re ready to have together.

I Want More Structured Herbal Study

Explore the DIY Herbalism Course and its companion materials, including the Materia Medica Workbook, for a more organized approach to your herbal studies.

Choose one place to begin. There’s room to keep learning.

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Learning Together

Make Room for
Their Curiosity

A question on a walk. A book opened at the kitchen table. A conversation about something new. Learning together can begin with small moments.

Explore children’s books about wild plants and herbal learning, alongside guides for understanding puberty and changing bodies.

Read together, pause for questions, and choose activities that fit your child’s interests and stage. You can keep learning alongside them.

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Books & Guides for Adults

Keep Learning.
Put It Into Practice.

Whether you’re making your first herbal preparation or returning to a familiar recipe, having a guide beside you gives you somewhere to begin and something to refer back to.

Explore The Handmade Healer and the adult guides in the Caring For collection, with resources for herbal learning and everyday home practice.

Choose a topic that interests you, take time to study, and build on what you learn at your own pace. There’s always another question to explore.

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Adult books and guides from Caring For
Caring For curriculum and herbalism study resources
Curriculum & Courses

Give Your Curiosity
a Place to Grow

When you’re ready for more structured learning, explore the Caring For curriculum and herbalism study materials.

The DIY Herbalism Course includes Volume 1, Home Herbalist Essentials, and Volume 2, The Community Herbalist Path. Companion resources include the Materia Medica Workbook and quick-reference materials.

Browse the individual listings to see what each resource covers and which materials are included. Choose a starting point that fits your interests and the time you have for study.

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Learning Bundles

Books That
Belong Together

Some books make especially good companions. Explore learning bundles that bring related books and resources together in one set.

The Handmade Healer and The Handmade Healer’s Helper offer a place to begin learning alongside your children, with a guide for you and a companion made for them.

Browse the available bundles and check each listing for the books, materials, and format included. Choose the set that fits what you want to explore next.

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Learning bundles from Caring For