“I just found out from Patricia Gonzales that the red knot known as B95—The Moonbird that I wrote a book about—has been sighted recently in Tierra del Fuego! He’s at least 22 years of age now. The next oldest record I found in literature for a Red knot of the Rufa subspecies was 16 yrs… Read more »
“History had me glued to the seat.” —Claudette Colvin Listen to this beautiful piece produced by Sarah Kate Kramer of Radio Diaries and broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered in honor of the 60th anniversary of Claudette Colvin’s refusal to give up her seat in Montgomery, AL. Phillip Hoose, the author of Claudette Colvin: Twice… Read more »
On March 2 at 4:50 or 5:50 PM, 2015, NPR’s All Things Considered will air a story about Claudette Colvin. The broadcast will reach an audience of approximately 2 million listeners. The story features Phillip Hoose, author of Claudette Colvin, Twice Towards Justice and Claudette Colvin, herself. The story will also be featured on the award-winning Radio Diaries… Read more »
The Amazon book editors named Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice one of the 100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime. What fine company Claudette is in. Have a Goodreads account? You can cast your vote for your favorite biographies, autobiographies and memoirs!
“The rufa red knot makes another appearance in the Washington Post. The taxa was declared Federally Threatened under the Endangered Species act last week. As a result, hero of the book Moonbird is back in the news. He is an adult male knot known as B95 who has survived so long that scientists have tallied… Read more »
“…if the tables were turned, you wouldn’t want to be squished by a giant, would you? So why should humans be mean to animals smaller than us?” —VegBooks Reader VegBooks names Hey, Little Ant “Best Books for 5-Year-Old Vegan & Vegetarian Kids.” “It can create a lot of dialogue focused around compassion.” —VegBooks Reader
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DwowKJvXis] Lillian Cook, you astound us. This song is great gift to Claudette Colvin and to readers of her story. We cannot tell you how moved we are. This is an original song created as part of the Jeremy Salvner Memorial Music Competition, which is part of the Youngstown State University English Festival, a three-day… Read more »
It have been 10 years since the original publication of the award-winning book, The Race to Save the Lord God Bird. Much has happened since including… “[Gene] Sparling was puzzled. Why would anyone look for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in Arkansas? Ivory-bills were birds of Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana—the Deep South. For the first time, now a full… Read more »
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will make a final decision by November 28, 2014 on the 2013 proposal to list the rufa red knot as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. During more than 130 days of public comment the Service received more than 17,400 comments on the threatened listing proposal! Some writers wrote… Read more »
We loved this review from Reading by Example because she says she found herself “cheering for the researchers.” Moonbird is not only a love song to B95, but a love song to all those researchers who band, count, wait, fly to, marvel at, and share their knowledge of the rufa red knot. Let’s all let out a cheer… Read more »