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Join brilliant young naturalist Dara McAnulty - winner of the 2020
Wainwright Prize for his book Diary of a Young Naturalist and
author of Wild Child! - on a journey through a year in the life of
birds. A Wild Child's Book of Birds is a fantastic nature book,
illustrated in full colour by Barry Falls. This beautiful,
informative book takes you through a year in the life of the birds
you will find in Britain and Ireland and is divided into four
sensational seasonal sections. Find out what birds do in each
season, learn about birdsong, beaks, nests and eggs, the science of
flight, migration, what to grow to attract different birds to your
garden and what foods to put out on your bird table. Learn about
different ways of recording what you see and about birds in
literature. There are sections on birds of prey and corvids too.
Shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize for Nature and Conservation
Writing for Children 2022 Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford
Children's Travel Book of the Year 2022 Join the brilliant Dara
McAnulty, winner of the Wainwright Prize for Diary of a Young
Naturalist, as he takes you on a nature walk to share in the joy of
connecting with the natural world on your multi sensory journey
starting just beyond your own front door. Wild Child: A Journey
Through Nature is a beautiful gift book, illustrated in full colour
by Barry Falls, and divided into five chapters: looking out of the
window, venturing out into the garden, walking in the woods,
investigating heathland and wandering on the river bank. Dara
pauses to tell you about each habitat and provides fantastic facts
about the native birds, animals and plants you will find there -
including wrens, blackbirds, butterflies, tadpoles, bluebells,
bees, hen harriers, otters, dandelions, oak trees and many, many
more. Each chapter contains a discovery section where you will get
a closer look at natural phenomena such as metamorphoses and
migration, learn about categorization in the animal kingdom or
become an expert on the collective nouns for birds. Every chapter
ends with an activity to do when you get home - you will be shown
how to make a bird feeder, try pond dipping, make a journey stick
and build a terrarium and more. Dara closes the book with his own
inspirational advice for young conservationists. This is the
perfect guide for an aspiring naturalist.
Winner of the 2020 Wainwright Prize, Diary of a Young Naturalist
chronicles the turning of Dara McAnulty's world, from spring to
summer, autumn to winter, on his home patch, at school, in the wild
and in his head. Evocative, raw and beautifully written, this very
special book vividly explores the natural world from the
perspective of an autistic teenager juggling homework, exams and
friendships alongside his life as a conservationist and
environmental activist. With a sense of awe and wonder, Dara
describes in meticulous detail encounters in his garden and the
wild, with blackbirds, whooper swans, red kites, hen harriers,
frogs, dandelions, skylarks, bats, cuckoo flowers, Irish hares and
many more species. The power and warmth of his words also draw an
affectionate and moving portrait of a close-knit family making
their way in the world.
WINNER OF BOOK OF THE YEAR, NARRATIVE NON-FICTION BRITISH BOOK
AWARDS 2021 Rediscover the natural world with the multi-award
winning phenomenon and youngest ever major literary prize winner in
UK history. 'Miraculous memoir . . . profoundly moving' Observer
'Dara is an extraordinary voice and vision: brave, poetic, ethical,
lyrical' Robert Macfarlane 'It's a diary but essentially timeless .
. . It's really, really special' Chris Packham ALSO WINNER OF: THE
WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2020, AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARD
FOR NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2020, BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARDS FOR
NON-FICTION 2020; SHORTLISTED FOR: WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR
2020 & LONGLISTED FOR: THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020
___________ 'This diary chronicles the turning of my world, from
spring to winter, at home, in the wild, in my head.' Evocative, raw
and lyrical, this startling debut explores the natural world
through the eyes of Dara McAnulty, an autistic teenager coping with
the uprooting of home, school, and his mental health, while
pursuing his life as a conservationist and environmental activist.
Shifting from intense darkness to light, recalling his sensory
encounters in the wild - with blackbirds, whooper swans, red kites,
hen harriers, frogs, dandelions, Irish hares and more - McAnulty
reveals worlds we have neglected to see, in a stunning world of
nature writing that is a future classic. Diary of a Young
Naturalist is a powerful and scintillating portrayal of the beauty
of the natural world, as it shines a light on autism and of
overcoming severe anxiety. It is a story of the binding love of
family and home, and how we can help each other through the most
difficult of times. ___________ BIG ISSUE BOOK OF THE YEAR HAY
FESTIVAL BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIMES NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 'An
extraordinary diary' The Times 'A torrent of pure, unmediated
fervour . . . This is writing at its wild and unruly best' Dr
Rachel Clarke 'Diary of a Young Naturalist is not only one of the
finest pieces of modern nature writing produced on this island in
recent years, McAnulty is one of our best young writers in any
genre' Irish Independent 'An exceptional new voice. Dara McAnulty
celebrates nature in such a fresh way and illuminates our
understanding of autism' Martha Kearney, chair of the Baillie
Gifford Prize 2020 'One of the most talented and passionate writers
of our era' Steve Silberman, award-winning author of NeuroTribes
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Join brilliant young naturalist Dara McAnulty – winner of the 2020
Wainwright Prize for his book Diary of a Young Naturalist – on a nature
walk and experience the joy of connecting with the natural world on
your multi sensory journey.
This beautiful gift book, illustrated in full colour by Barry Falls, is
divided into five sections: looking out of the window, venturing out
into the garden, walking in the woods, investigating heathland and
wandering on the river bank.
Dara pauses to tell you about each habitat and provides fantastic facts
about the native birds, animals and plants you will find there –
including wrens, blackbirds, butterflies, tadpoles, bluebells, bees,
hen harriers, otters, dandelions, oak trees and many more.
Each section contains a discovery section where you will have a closer
look at natural phenomenon such as metamorphoses and migration, learn
about categorization in the animal kingdom or become an expert on the
collective nouns for birds.
Each section finishes with an activity to do when you get home: plant
wild flowers, make a bird feeder, try pond dipping, make a journey
stick and build a vivarium.
Dara ends the book with advice for young conservationists and how to
follow the countryside code.
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