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  Title

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

  Author

  Nezhukumatathil, Aimee,  

  Publisher:

  Milkweed Editions,

  Pub date:

  [2020].

  Pages:

  1 online resource (165 pages) :

  ISBN:

  9781571319593

  Item info:

  1 copy available in Online resources.
  1 copy total in all locations.

  • 9781571319593
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    Call number	Copies	Material	Location
    ODTEXT	1	Download	Online resources

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

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  Personal Author:

  Nezhukumatathil, Aimee,

  Title:

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

  Edition:

  First edition.

  Physical description:

  1 online resource (165 pages) : color illustrations

  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.

  Subject term:

  Animals--Anecdotes.

  Subject term:

  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Asian & Asian American.

  Subject term:

  Animals. (OCoLC)fst00809468

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