Each time we read about one of the many wonders of the world, we learn more. We read about whale sharks (one of his all time favorite animals), the monarch butterfly, and many more.

This book has so much more than just fireflies. 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. On my search for books about fireflies for his (age group) I came across this one, and I am so glad I did. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. “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. 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. award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfictiona collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many.

A collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.Īs 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. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments Aimee Nezhukumatathil with Fumi. Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of World of Wonders, an illustrated essay collection, as well as of four books of poetry, including, most recently, Oceanic.

World of wonders in praise of fireflies