World of Wonders: Praise Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (B&N Book the Year)(B&N Exclusive Edition) in Bloomington, MN

This B&N Exclusive Gift Edition features a deluxe jacket with debossed, two-color metallic foil stamping; deckled-edge pages; and sumptuously illustrated endpapers featuring the subjects of four brilliant new chapters appearing exclusively in this hardcover edition.
A
New York Times
Best Seller
Barnes & Noble 2020 Book of the Year
Kirkus
Prize Finalist for Nonfiction
A Southern Book Prize Finalist
An NPR Best Book of 2020
An
Esquire
Best Book of 2020
A BookPage Best Book of 2020
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2020
Wall Street Journal
Holiday Gift Pick for 2020
An Indie Next Pick, September 2019
Publishers Weekly
"Big Indie Book of Fall 2020"
A BuzzFeed Best Book of Fall 2020
A Literary Hub "Most Anticipated Book of 2020
Ralph Lauren
Summer Reading Recommendation
Garden & Gun
A Bustle "Best Book of Fall 2020
Named a "Most Anticipated Book of 2020" by The Millions
An Alma "Favorite Book for Fall 2020"
A Literary Hub "Recommended Climate Read for September 2020"
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Reading Recommendation for Fall 2020
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.
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.