![Short Wave artwork](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts123/v4/58/4c/ed/584ced18-d1f6-86c3-1042-598ac7f85c88/mza_1151043310937452409.png/100x100bb.jpg)
A Great Outdoors For Everyone
Short Wave
English - September 17, 2021 04:10 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 5.7K ratingsLife Sciences Science Astronomy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Fatima's Great Outdoors, a new children's book, centers on a girl named Fatima, who's struggling to adjust to her new life in the U.S. But on her very first camping trip with her family,
Fatima unexpectedly discovers courage and joy in the outdoors. Today on the show, Emily talks to Ambreen Tariq about her new book and her social media initiative, BrownPeopleCamping. For Tariq, both efforts are a part of a common vision — to increase diversity in the outdoors and challenge definitions of what it means to belong in nature.
This conversation is part of NPR's collaboration with the Library of Congress National Book Festival.
You can email us at [email protected].
Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NPR Privacy Policy