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Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty

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azu_rikka's review

4.0

If you love lyrical descriptions of flora and fauna spiced up with a bit of autism, this is the book for you! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this diary one story at a time, often a bit more, to completely immerse myself in Dara McAnulty's writing. It is difficult to picture a teenage boy write such beautiful prose and have such deep knowledge of nature. Yet, as I have three autistic people in my nuclear family, it all felt very familiar: his passions, his talents and his struggles.
This book reminded me to stop and notice, enjoy nature, enjoy the small things.
The map and glossary were helpful.

wiki765's review

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

sharon333's review

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.5

Beautifully expressive

wisch's review

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hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

theysheshe's review

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my library loan ended, and i couldn’t renew it. i’ve requested another hold, so hopefully i can continue this one later

raendrop's review

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4.0

I picked up this book on a whim and it was such a beautiful surprise. The way this teenage author writes about his experience of neurodivergence, family, and his love of the natural world completely stole my heart and brought be back to my own awe-filled memories of being in nature as a young person. Grateful to Dara McAnulty for sharing his voice with the world and can't wait to see what he does next.