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  Title

  World of wonders : in praise of fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments First Edition.

  Author

  Nezhukumatathil, Aimee  

  Publisher:

  Milkweed Editions,

  Pub date:

  2020.

  Description:

  165 pages :

  ISBN:

  1571313656

  Item info:

  5 copies currently available - Glen Allen Library, Tuckahoe Library, Libbie Mill Library, and Varina Library.
  

  Number of holds:

  0

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    Glen Allen Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    590 NEZHUKU	1	Adult book	Adult nonfiction
    Libbie Mill Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    590 NEZHUKU	3	Adult book	Adult nonfiction
    	4	Adult book	Missing (nocirc)
    	5	Adult book	Adult nonfiction
    Tuckahoe Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    590 NEZHUKU	3	Adult book	Adult nonfiction
    Varina Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    590 NEZHUKU	1	Adult book	Adult nonfiction

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  World of wonders : in praise of fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments First Edition.
  Nezhukumatathil, Aimee
  
  
  

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  World of wonders : in praise of fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments First Edition.
  Nezhukumatathil, Aimee
  

  Personal Author:

  Nezhukumatathil, Aimee

  Title:

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

  Edition:

  First Edition.

  Publication Info:

  Minneapolis : Milkweed Editions, 2020.

  Physical descrip:

  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).

  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.

  Summary:

  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 axoloti 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

  Held by:

  GLEN-ALLEN TUCKAHOE LIBBIEMILL VARINAAREA

  Subject term:

  Animals--Anecdotes.

  Subject term:

  Nature--Anecdotes.

  Subject term:

  Plants--Anecdotes.

  Genre index term:

  Anecdotes. lcgft

  Added author:

  Nakamura, Fumi Mini,