Name: World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (en Inglés)
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Author: Nezhukumatathil Aimee,Nakamura Fumi
ISBN: 9781639550562

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World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

Editorial

Milkweed Editions

Autor

Nezhukumatathil Aimee,Nakamura Fumi

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

248

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9781639550562

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (en Inglés)

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"Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year." --NPRBeloved author Aimee Nezhukumatathil's celebrated work of nonfiction, now including additional essays and illustrations. 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."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.Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy.