Find Request It

Cover Image

Diary of a young naturalist

"From sixteen-year-old Dara McAnulty, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement, comes a memoir about loving the natural world and fighting to save it"--

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McAnulty, Dara (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : Milkweed Editions, 2021.
Edition:	First US edition.
Subjects:	McAnulty, Dara > Diaries. Naturalists > Northern Ireland > Biography. Conservationists > Northern Ireland > Biography. Autistic youth > Northern Ireland > Biography. Autistic youth > Family relationships. Natural history > Northern Ireland. Seasons.
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	"From sixteen-year-old Dara McAnulty, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement, comes a memoir about loving the natural world and fighting to save it"--
Item Description:	"First published by Little Toller Books, United Kingdom, 2020"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:	222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:	9781571311801 1571311807
Author Notes:	Dara McAnulty is the author of Diary of a Young Naturalist , forthcoming Spring 2021. He lives with his mum, dad, brother Lorcan, sister Bláthnaid, and rescue greyhound Rosie in County Down, Northern Ireland. He is the recipient of the Wainwright Prize for nature writing. Dara's love for nature, his activism, and his honesty about autism have earned him a huge social media following from across the world, and many accolades. In 2017, he was awarded BBC Springwatch "Unsprung Hero" and Birdwatch magazine "Local Hero"; in 2018, he was awarded "Animal Hero" of the year by the Daily Mirror and became ambassador for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the iWill campaign; and in 2019, he became a Young Ambassador for the Jane Goodall Institute and became the youngest-ever recipient of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Medal for conservation.