World of wonders : in praise of fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments /
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee,
World of wonders : in praise of fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments / Fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments. Aimee Nezhukumatathil ; with illustrations by Fumi Mini Nakamura. - First edition. - 165 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Catalpa tree -- Firefly -- Peacock -- Comb jelly -- Touch-me-nots -- Cactus wren -- Narwhal -- Axolotl -- Dancing frog -- Vampire squid -- Monsoon -- Corpse flower -- Bonne 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).
"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."--
1571313656 9781571313652
2020010522
Animals--Anecdotes.
QL791 / .N425 2020
World of wonders : in praise of fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments / Fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments. Aimee Nezhukumatathil ; with illustrations by Fumi Mini Nakamura. - First edition. - 165 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Catalpa tree -- Firefly -- Peacock -- Comb jelly -- Touch-me-nots -- Cactus wren -- Narwhal -- Axolotl -- Dancing frog -- Vampire squid -- Monsoon -- Corpse flower -- Bonne 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).
"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."--
1571313656 9781571313652
2020010522
Animals--Anecdotes.
QL791 / .N425 2020