Saving Jemima : life and love with a hard-luck jay
Record details
- ISBN: 1328518957
- ISBN: 9781328518958
- ISBN: 1328518957 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781328518958 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781328518958
- ISBN: 1328518957
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Physical Description:
xii, 254 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
print - Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 237) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The egg -- Facebook waif -- Fledging and feeding -- Stuart -- Life with Jemima -- Release -- Titmouse wars -- Vigilance and intelligence -- Calamity strikes -- Cementing the bond -- As seen on TV -- Peg and me -- Living on the fault line -- Catastrophic molt -- Who's saving whom? -- The urge for going -- Jemima in winter -- Other blue celebrities -- Lessons from a jay -- Step into my parlor. |
Summary, etc.: | The story of a sick baby bird nursed back to health and into the wild. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Human-animal relationships Anecdotes Blue jay Reintroduction Anecdotes Blue jay Wounds and injuries Treatment Anecdotes |
Genre: | Anecdotes. |
Available copies
- 13 of 13 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rowayton Library | 598.864 ZIC (Text) | 33625122826915 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
BookList Review
Saving Jemima : Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Zickefoose, artist and author (Baby Birds, 2016), here pens a most intimate book about life, change, and the care of a nestling blue jay. Zickefoose had been a wildlife rehabilitator for years when she decided she had to stop responding to constant calls for help with injured wildlife. But she hadn't accounted for social media, and found herself helpless over a Facebook query about a baby blue jay. She took in the chick, and what follows is a lovely tale about bringing a demanding jay into a family of young adult children, a dog, and busy parents. As Jemima grows up and is released into the author's yard, readers learn not only quite a bit of blue-jay natural history, but also the tricks of wildlife rehabilitators as well as the mistakes to which Zickefoose wryly confesses. Just when Jemima reached independence, she contracted an eye disease common to house finches, and the ingenious ways the author was able to treat a free-flying bird are astounding. Mixing cute blue-jay stories with scientific facts, the author teaches readers lots of ornithology, and, by adding tales of the simultaneous turmoil her family was undergoing, she shows how nature and animals can heal heartbreak. Zickefoose has produced another hard-to-put-down winner!--Nancy Bent Copyright 2010 Booklist
Library Journal Review
Saving Jemima : Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
Library Journal
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Zickefoose (The Bluebird Effect; Baby Birds) tells the story of an orphaned baby blue jay she rehabilitates on her sanctuary in Ohio, and what happens when Jemima is released into the wild. Her affecting art enhances the narrative. During Jemima's rehabilitation, the author focused on helping the blue jay recover from illness and starvation while preparing her to have the strength to fly again. There is much sentiment in this story but also science and analysis, as well as commentary from family and friends. Throughout, Zickefoose emphasizes common misconceptions about birds, refuting stereotypes and listing numerous features that vary from bird to bird. The result is easy, engaging prose that can be read alongside the PBS show Nature, which features Jemima's story but easily stands on its own. VERDICT A heartwarming account for all interested in natural history, especially birds, animal behavior, and wildlife rehabilitation.--Henry T. Armistead, formerly with Free Lib. of Philadelphia