World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

My eldest started to panic—Why is it not moving, Mommy? Let’s put it back. It’s probably so scared! We tried to revive it in the water, but its lavender body floated in the incoming tide, spectral against the white marble that lined the beach.