Bird in My Hand. Sparrows in the Wild

London England: Whittet Books Ltd. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1987. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0905483561 Hardback Hardcover. First Edition. Bird in My Hand. 'Sparrows in the Wild' by Chris Mead. On June 26th 1984, the author found a tiny, naked and half-dead baby sparrow on her terrace. She took it in; ahw made a nest for it by the pilot light of the cooker and under a feather duster; she spent hours catching fronhoppers and flies to fee it with; she gave it water from her lips; slowly it recovered, grew feathers and became active. The came a setback - a mysterious, devastating illness, which required weeks of devoted treatment. This extraordinay story of the intimage bond between the author and the characterful sparrow is both moving and witty; the descriptions of life with Squeaker the sparrow, who was both loving and dictatorial, are vivid and totally absorbing. Squeaker had an unnatural start to life on Loraine's cooker, falling into her washing up boawl and sitting in front of the television. To put his life into the perspective of a wild sparrow, ornithologist Chris Mead has written 'Sparrows in the Wild', giving information about the usual breeding, rearing and life of the sparrow, relating this to the observations that Loraine made of Squeaker's development. Illustrated. 131 pp. Plastic protective covering aroud book. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .