The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds
by Julie Zickefoose
From Houghton Mifflin Harcourt:
Julie Zickefoose lives for the moment when a wild, free living bird that she has raised or rehabilitated comes back to visit her; their eyes meet and they share a spark of understanding. Her reward for the grueling work of rescuing birds—such as feeding baby hummingbirds every twenty minutes all day long—is her empathy with them and the satisfaction of knowing the world is a birdier and more beautiful place.
The Bluebird Effect is about the change that’s set in motion by one single act, such as saving an injured bluebird—or a hummingbird, swift, or phoebe. Each of the twenty-five chapters covers a different species, and many depict an individual bird, each with its own personality, habits, and quirks. And each chapter is illustrated with Zickefoose’s stunning watercolor paintings and drawings. Not just individual tales about the trials and triumphs of raising birds, The Bluebird Effect mixes humor, natural history, and memoir to give readers an intimate story of a life lived among wild birds.
I can’t wait to start reading this beautiful book. And congratulations to Julie and Houghton Mifflin – The Bluebird Effect is featured on Oprah’s blog!
The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds
by Julie Zickefoose
Hardcover; 378 pages
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; March 20, 2012
ISBN: 9780547003092
$28.00
Posted by Grant McCreary on April 5th, 2012.
Julie….was talking today with Ruby Ruppel in Parkersburg and she and Debra
Conner had attended your talk in Marietta and she was raving about your books.
I would like to carry them in our museum gift shop at the Blennerhassett Museum in Parkersburg. Can you tell me how I might purchase several for our two shops. thanks….melanie see, gift shop manager
Melanie: Sorry for the confusion, but this isn’t Julie’s site (as much as I’d love to have her talent!). Here is her contact page – http://www.juliezickefoose.com/home/contact.php
I’m sure she’d love to hook you up!