Nurturing the Next Generation
The Children’s Heritage Sourcebook
Written by Caitlin White | Photography by Sara Prince
Following up the incredibly successful Women's Heritage Sourcebook, authors Ashley Moore, Lauren Malloy, and Emma Rollin Moore have once again teamed up to offer a resource for guiding kids and teens in back-to-roots activities. With disparate backgrounds—Moore is an artist and herbalist; Malloy, a conservation biologist; and Rollin Moore, an educator and healthy lifestyle coach—the group is particularly well-equipped to walk readers through all manner of self-care, education, and empowerment.
Their second release, The Children's Heritage Sourcebook, also features 250 full-color photos from frequent Santa Barbara Magazine contributor Sara Prince, who captures the spirit of freedom and empowerment in acquiring homesteading skills. “The main goal—for me as a photographer and for the girls as authors—was to make it feel like everybody’s book,” Prince says. “It’s not so specific that it doesn’t apply to you if you don’t live on two acres and have stables and goats. If you’re not like the Ingalls family, this book is still for you.”
With ideas and guides on everything from animal husbandry to mule packing, herbal skincare blends, and even making your own soap or drying your own flowers, both city dwellers and country folks can find inspiration. And flipping through the pages is like living vicariously through the subjects within—a testament both to the vividness of the activities and the power of Prince’s images.
