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Harriet's Ruffled Feathers: The Woman Who Saved Millions of Birds

Harriet Lawrence Hemenway loved hats. She loved them with ribbons and flowers, embroidery and pearls. And feathers! What was better than a hat with grand, glorious feathers? But then Harriet discovered that millions of birds died so that she and her friends could soar at the height of style. A passion for fashion was one thing, but this was feather-brained!

So Harriet led the charge to take feathers out of fashion, getting laws passed that made it illegal to buy or sell wild bird feathers. In 1896, she and her fellow bird protectors founded the Massachusetts Audubon Society, which grew into a national organization that still protects birds today! This lively picture book biography, with additional information about conservation in the back, is a celebration of how one woman's love of fashion led to a crusade that saved millions of birds.

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"McCullough’s prose maintains a playfully vintage flavor: 'To think this bird should be deprived of its own finery for someone else’s hat! A passion for fashion was one thing, but this was featherbrained!' Light-hued watercolors by Galotta combine delicate lines with simple figures of various skin tones, intricately rendered fashions, and near-realistic birds in this buoyant portrait of an early female conservationist." — Publishers Weekly

Product Details

Recommended Age 4 - 8
Author Joy McCullough
Illustrator Romina Galotta
ISBN 1534486763
Publication Date Mar 15, 2022
Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language English