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Birdgirl : looking to the skies in search of a better future
- Title
- Birdgirl : looking to the skies in search of a better future / Mya-Rose Craig.
- Author
- Craig, Mya-Rose
- Publication
- New York, NY : Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers, 2023.
- ©2022
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 24-463 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 288 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Birder, environmentalist and activist Mya-Rose Craig is an international force. In her moving memoir, Birdgirl, she chronicles her mother's struggle with mental illness, and shares her passion for social justice and fierce dedication to preserving our planet. Meet Mya-Rose - otherwise known as "Birdgirl." In her words: "Birdwatching has never felt like a hobby, or a pastime I can pick up and put down, but a thread running through the pattern of my life, so tightly woven in that there's no way of pulling it free and leaving the rest of my life intact." Birdgirl follows Mya-Rose and her family as they travel the world in search of rare birds and astonishing landscapes. But a shadow moves with them, too--her mother's deepening mental health crisis. In the face of this struggle, the Craigs turn to nature again and again for comfort and meaning. Each bird they see brings a moment of joy and reflection, instilling in Mya-Rose a deep love of the natural world. But Mya-Rose has also seen first-hand the reckless destruction we are inflicting on our fragile planet, as well as the pervasive racism infecting every corner of the world, leading her to campaign for Black, Indigenous, people of color. Joining the fight of today's young environmental activists, Mya-Rose shares her experiences to advocate for the simple, profound gift of nature, and for making it accessible to all, calling her readers to rediscover the power of our natural world. Birder, activist, daughter: this is her story"--
- Alternative Title
- Bird girl
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies.
- Travel writing.
- Biographies.
- Contents
- Introduction -- My family and other birds -- My little big year -- Shakira -- The uninvited guest -- My South American sojourn -- The dinosaur bird -- Roots -- Don't mention the chimps -- Voyage to the bottom of the world -- California dreamin' -- Here be dragons -- The eighth continent -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 24-463
- ISBN
- 9781250807670
- 1250807670
- 9781250807687 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022036808
- OCLC
- 1338303823
- Author
- Craig, Mya-Rose, author.
- Title
- Birdgirl : looking to the skies in search of a better future / Mya-Rose Craig.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers, 2023.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFE 24-463