World of wonders : in praise of fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments / Aimee Nezhukumatathil ; with illustrations by Fumi Mini Nakamura.

By: Nezhukumatathil, Aimee [author.]Contributor(s): Nakamura, Fumi Mini [illustrator.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, [2020]Edition: First editionDescription: 165 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781571313652Subject(s): Animals -- Anecdotes | Plants -- AnecdotesGenre/Form: Anecdotes. DDC classification: 590 LOC classification: QL791 | .N425 2020
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).
Summary: "A collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us"-- Provided by publisher.
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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).

"A collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us"-- Provided by publisher.

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