02848cam a2200325 4500 594977936 TxAuBib 20220529120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781571319593 157131959X B08BLQ6SRX Amazon 01039c0d-c2d7-4342-938c-e05187097376 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5565848 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. World of Wonders [Libby] : In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments. Milkweed Editions, 2020. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5187kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Nature. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>"Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year." —NPR</b></p> <p><b>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.</b></p> <p>As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted—no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape—she was able to turn to our world's fierce and funny creatures for guidance.</p> <p>"What the peacock can do," she tells us, "is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life." 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, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world's gifts.</p> <p>Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, <i>World of Wonders</i> is a book of sustenance and joy.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-28 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=01039c0d-c2d7-4342-938c-e05187097376&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=01039c0d-c2d7-4342-938c-e05187097376&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=01039c0d-c2d7-4342-938c-e05187097376&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)