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Author Nezhukumatathil, Aimee, author.

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

Publication Info. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, [2020]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  590 N499w 2020    ---  Available
 Axe Kansas Collection  590 N499w 2020 c.2  ---  Lib Use Only
 PHS Non-Fiction  590 Nezhukumatathil    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  590 Nez    ---  Available
2 copies being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Edition First edition.
Description 165 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Kansas Notable Book ; 2021.
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 cockatiel -- 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 "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"-- Provided by publisher
As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home, but no matter where she was transplanted she was able to turn to our world's fierce and funny creatures for guidance. The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, she found that this was the way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world's gifts. -- adapted from jacket
Source Wtrmrk 09.2021 PARS
Awards Kansas Notable Book, 2021.
Subject Nature -- Anecdotes.
Animals -- Anecdotes.
Plants -- Anecdotes.
Animals. (OCoLC)fst00809468
Animals -- Anecdotes.
Genre/Form Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
Anecdotes.
Added Author Nakamura, Fumi Mini, illustrator.
Added Title In praise of fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments
ISBN 1571313656 (hardcover)
9781571313652 (hardcover)
9781571319593 (ebook)
9781571311931
1571311939
Standard No. 40030237142

 
    
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