Birds on the Brain

The sequel to the award-winning Book Uncle and Me features bird lover Reeni and her quest to save her city's bird count event when the mayor tries to shut it down.

Reeni is wild about birds! So when she and her best friend, Yasmin, have to pick a survey topic for a school project, asking their neighbors what they know about birds is an obvious choice. They are shocked to learn that no one-not one single person-has heard about Bird Count India and the major event it is about to launch all over the country. Thousands of birdwatchers will be out counting birds as part of a global movement. Global means world, and isn't this city part of the world? How come people don't seem to care about the threats to city birds? And why is the mayor intentionally thwarting their city's bird count event?

Reeni and Yasmin enlist help from Book Uncle, Reeni's family and even their school bus driver. They must get people interested in the bird count-get them to ask the city government to support the event.

A funny, triumphant story about learning to advocate for both the human and non-human inhabitants of your community.

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Birds on the Brain

The sequel to the award-winning Book Uncle and Me features bird lover Reeni and her quest to save her city's bird count event when the mayor tries to shut it down.

Reeni is wild about birds! So when she and her best friend, Yasmin, have to pick a survey topic for a school project, asking their neighbors what they know about birds is an obvious choice. They are shocked to learn that no one-not one single person-has heard about Bird Count India and the major event it is about to launch all over the country. Thousands of birdwatchers will be out counting birds as part of a global movement. Global means world, and isn't this city part of the world? How come people don't seem to care about the threats to city birds? And why is the mayor intentionally thwarting their city's bird count event?

Reeni and Yasmin enlist help from Book Uncle, Reeni's family and even their school bus driver. They must get people interested in the bird count-get them to ask the city government to support the event.

A funny, triumphant story about learning to advocate for both the human and non-human inhabitants of your community.

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Overview

The sequel to the award-winning Book Uncle and Me features bird lover Reeni and her quest to save her city's bird count event when the mayor tries to shut it down.

Reeni is wild about birds! So when she and her best friend, Yasmin, have to pick a survey topic for a school project, asking their neighbors what they know about birds is an obvious choice. They are shocked to learn that no one-not one single person-has heard about Bird Count India and the major event it is about to launch all over the country. Thousands of birdwatchers will be out counting birds as part of a global movement. Global means world, and isn't this city part of the world? How come people don't seem to care about the threats to city birds? And why is the mayor intentionally thwarting their city's bird count event?

Reeni and Yasmin enlist help from Book Uncle, Reeni's family and even their school bus driver. They must get people interested in the bird count-get them to ask the city government to support the event.

A funny, triumphant story about learning to advocate for both the human and non-human inhabitants of your community.


Editorial Reviews

CM: Canadian Review of Materials

Birds on the Brain is a fast-moving, intricately woven, and largely theme-driven novel ... This book could prove both enriching and empowering.

AUGUST 2024 - AudioFile

Exuding warmth and enthusiasm, Sneha Mathan transports listeners to India and the world of Reeni and her friends. Reeni's teacher requires the class to do a survey on something they care about. For Reeni, it's birds, and since it's time for Bird Count India, she goes all in. Mathan's slightly quick cadence renders Reeni's impulsive energy--sometimes she forgets to listen! The local characters all have different voices. There is "Book Uncle," who finds just the right book for the right kid at just the right time, and "Istri Lady," who irons people's clothes with an iron powered by coal and is unsure how to comply with a new green-energy ordinance. Charming fun with quiet life lessons, all enhanced by Mathan's performance. A.B. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID: 2940192818961
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Publication date: 08/06/2024
Series: The Book Uncle , #2
Edition description: Unabridged
Age Range: 8 - 11 Years

Read an Excerpt

Yasmin and I squeeze past the crooked tree that juts out into the road. It has a sign on it, too. The sign reads Caution. Protruding Tree.

The protruding tree is often full of parrots, but today the road is super busy. Any sensible parrot would have flown up high, as far away as possible from the crowds. Between the honking of horns and the kreech-kreech of brakes and the voices of people, I can’t hear a single parrot sound. I wonder if they can even hear each other, with so much human noise.

Right then, in the middle of all this wondering, I see something. It wasn’t there this morning. I’m sure of it. It is a new ad plastered across the front of the bus shelter roof. …

As I take a closer look, I see a picture of a lake with a tree in the middle. The sky and the tree and the lake are all full of birds. Where is this place? …

Running along the top are big, beautiful letters. Here is what they say: Bird Count India! Do Your Bit!

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