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My life at the bottom : the story of a lonesome axolotl / Linda Bondestam ; translated from the Swedish by A. A. Prime.
A new kind of climate change story, narrated by an adorable axolotl [a type of salamander], possibly the last of its kind.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781632061386
- ISBN: 1632061384
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 30 cm
- Edition: First Restless Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: Brooklyn, New York : Restless Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published as Mitt bottenliv by Förlaget, Helsinki, 2020, and Berghs Förlag, Stockholm, 2020"--Cover, page 2. "Published in English by arrangement with Rights & Brands"--Cover, page 2. |
| Language Note: | English text translated from the original Swedish. |
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| Subject: | Axolotls > Juvenile fiction. Climatic changes > Juvenile fiction. Fellowship > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Water > Pollution > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Animal fiction. Ecofiction. Illustrated works. Picture books. |
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- 3 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Jefferson County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County Library-Arnold | E ANIMALS BONDESTA (Text) | 30061100062856 | Easy Books | Checked out | 05/06/2024 |
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My Life at the Bottom : The Story of a Lonesome Axolotl
From award-winning Nordic author and illustrator Linda Bondestam comes a new kind of climate change story, narrated by an adorable axolotl who is--possibly--the last of its kind. In a forest of seaweed there was ME, a rare and beautiful little axolotl, going for my first-ever swim. So graceful, and yet so lonesome--out of 987 eggs, mine was the only one that hatched. Who knows, maybe I was the last axolotl in these waters? At the bottom of a lake in Mexico City, our axolotl narrator goes to underwater school, collects treasures tossed away by the big lugs on land, and has dance parties with tiger salamander friends. Life is good! But as the world gets hotter and hotter, the water gets murkier. Friends become harder to find, and the lonesome axolotl grows even lonelier. Until one day when, out of the blue, a colossal wave carries the axolotl into a surprising new future.... Bittersweet, droll, existential, and hopeful, My Life at the Bottom is a tale from the climate crisis unlike any other. Combining her irresistible visual wit with exquisite aquatic art and rare empathy, Linda Bondestam brings us a story of catastrophe that bursts with life.
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