Cover image for World of wonders : in praise of fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments
Title:
World of wonders : in praise of fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments
Author:
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee, author.
ISBN:
9781571313652

9781571311931
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Minneapolis :

Milkweed Editions,

2020.
Physical Description:
165 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
Catalpa tree -- Firefly -- Peacock -- Comb jelly -- Touch-me-nots -- Cactus Wren -- Narwhal -- Axolotl -- Dancing frog -- Vampire squid -- Monsoon -- Corpse flower -- Bonnet macaque -- Calendars Poetica -- Whale shark -- Potoo -- Cara Cara orange -- Octopus -- Grey cocatiel -- Dragon fruit -- Flamingo -- Ribbon eel -- Questions while searching for birds with my half-white sons, aged six and nine, National Audubon Bird Count Day -- Oxford, MS -- Superb Bird of Paradise -- Red-spotted newt -- Southern Cassowary -- Monarch butterfly -- Firefly (redux).
Abstract:
From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction -- a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.
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