Take a walk in the woods with Mike Krebill. When Mike tells you a story about his experiences with a wild plant or mushroom, youre getting far more than guidebook data youre getting a lifetimes worth of keen observing, experimenting and, sometimes, close calls.

Mike is one of Americas most acclaimed foragers and wild food educators, a living encyclopedia of all things wild and edible. A Forager's Life is about a life spent in nature and in the classroom from the thousands of wild edible forays with adults and young people, to the legendary Euell Gibbons and the first Earth Day, to the rise of todays great foraging wave, a wave that is bringing city folks and country folks together in search of that most basic of lifes pleasures: wild foods.

It's about waking up to the natural world, with the nurturing help of great mentors along the way. At its heart, it's the story of a natural-born teacher who never stopped being a curious little boy, and who knows how to appeal to the curious kid in all of us. Thats what earned him multiple awards during his long career as a middle-school science teacher, environmental educator and naturalist.

Are there recipes? Yes, lots of them, all kid-tested and kid-approved. You might like to try the Queen Anne's Lace pancakes, for starters.