World of Wonders

In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks and Other Astonishments

A sparkling collection of essays about the natural world, illustrated throughout — a magnificent bestiary, and an unforgettable book of sustenance, resilience and joy.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil has had many homes, but wherever she was — however awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape — she found guidance and perspective in nature.

The axolotl smiles, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shakes off unwanted advances; the narwhal survives its hostile environment. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship.

Warm, lyrical and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Mini Nakamura, this book ranges through joy and pain, encountering love, motherhood and heritage, racism and the destruction humans can wreak. In all those things, it shows that if you listen carefully, if you open your eyes wide, the world is full of wonders.

ISBN: 9781788168908 | Published: 20 July 2021 | Hardback | 192 pages
ISBN: 9781788168915 | Published: 5 October 2022 | Paperback | pages