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Birdgirl: A Young Environmentalist Looks to the Skies in Search of a Better Future

Birdgirl Blog This is custom heading element Lots of you will already know that I’ve written a new book. Birdgirl is my story – one defined by my love of birds, which bring joy and stillness in difficult times. I also love Mick Manning's amazing  Harpy Eagle illustration on the book front cover. Discover a [...]

We Have A Dream

Birdgirl Blog This is custom heading element I am really proud to announce that my first book, published by Magic Cat. We Have a Dream: Meet 30 Young Indigenous People and People of Colour Protecting the Planet (Hardback)   by Dr Mya-Rose Craig Illustrated by Sabrena Khadij SHOP HERE   Description Indigenous people and people of colour are disproportionately [...]

The Adventures of Horatio Mowzl – Volume Three: ‘The Great Rising’ Review

Birdgirl Blog This is custom heading element The Adventures of Horatio Mowzl  - Volume Three: ‘The Great Rising’ By Paul Thornycroft Book description:  I love these children's books and would highly recommend them for your children. "The Great Rising brings us to the dramatic climax of this, the third volume in the Mowzl Trilogy. Having learned ‘purling’ – how [...]

Being published in Red Sixty Seven – Curated by Kit Jewitt & Published by the BTO

Birdgirl Blog This is custom heading element This book is the idea of Kit Jewitt I am really proud to have written about Yellowhammer in this book, one that should not exist. Also thank you to Ben Woodhams for his beautiful artwork. Our bird populations are declining at speed. Lots of birds have stopped breeding [...]

My Nature writing – New Networks for Nature 2018

Birdgirl Blog This is custom heading element Nature writing is something that is really important to me. I have been writing creative work and poetry from a young age and used poetry therapy to help me through difficult times. In 2018 I wrote a piece of nature writing for a publication celebrating the 10th Annual [...]

Bird Cottage by Eva Meijer

Birdgirl Blog This is custom heading element I was intrigued by this remarkable story that the author, Eva Meijer, dug up a few years ago about one fascinating – and almost entirely forgotten – a woman who was way ahead of her time when she published her revolutionary findings on bird behaviour. I wanted to [...]

Where the River Runs Gold by Sita Brahmachari

Birdgirl Blog This is custom heading element   This is a wonderful inter-generational book about a pair of 11 year olds set in the future where children have to work on farms as we have lost our bees.  This book is suitable for all generations will character across age ranges. I love the fact that [...]

A must read for children & adults – The Adventures of Horatio Mowzl – First Purlings

Birdgirl Blog This is custom heading element A must-read for children and young adults –– The Adventures of Horatio Mowzl    A trilogy of illustrated novels by Paul Thornycroft    Volume Two: ‘First Purlings’      Copyright Paul Thornycroft   Children –– you ARE changing the World!    Mya-Rose Craig’s second interview with the author:  [...]

A must read for children – The Adventure of Horatio Mowzl

Birdgirl Blog This is custom heading element The Adventures of Horatio Mowzl is a trilogy of illustrated novels for children and young adults by the brilliant Paul Thornycroft Volume One:  “Little Humans” Children –– change the World! Mya-Rose Craig interviews the author, Paul Thornycroft   Mya-Rose: What are your books about? Paul: The Mowzl books [...]

Horus the Peregrine Falcon and series of books

Birdgirl Blog This is custom heading element I was given a copy of this book by John Miles and absolutely loved it. If I’d had a book like this as a younger child, I would have been so happy with it. I do appreciate that not every child is as obsessed with nature and birds [...]

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