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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.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowayton Library | 598.864 ZIC (Text) | 33625122826915 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Saving Jemima : Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
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Saving Jemima : Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
For fans of Wesley the Owl and The Soul of an Octopus, the story of a sick baby bird nursed back to health and into the wild by renowned writer/artist Julie Zickefoose. When Jemima, a young orphaned blue jay, is brought to wildlife rehabilitator Julie Zickefoose, she is a virtually tailless, palm-sized bundle of gray-blue fluff. But she is starved and very sick. Julie's constant care brings her around, and as Jemima is raised for eventual release, she takes over the house and the rest of the author's summer. Shortly after release, Jemima turns up with a deadly disease. But medicating a free-flying wild bird is a challenge. When the PBS show Nature expresses interest in filming Jemima, Julie must train her to behave on camera, as the bird gets ever wilder. Jemima bonds with a wild jay, stretching her ties with the family. Throughout, Julie grapples with the fallout of Jemima's illness, studies molt and migration, and does her best to keep Jemima strong and wild. She falls hard for this engaging, feisty and funny bird, a creative muse and source of strength through the author's own heartbreaking changes. Emotional and honest, Saving Jemima is a universal story of the communion between a wild creature and the human chosen to raise it.
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