Snowflake Bentley, Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Snowflake Bentley, Jacqueline Briggs Martin
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Snowflake Bentley

Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Narrator: Tom Stechschulte

Unabridged: 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/08/2013


Synopsis

Jacqueline Briggs Martin's Snowflake Bentley won a Caldecott Medal, a Parents' Choice Award, and was picked as an ALA Notable Book for Children. Listeners of all ages will cherish this beautiful story about a real man whose discoveries changed the way the world saw snow. "There will be so many uses for this book-not the least of which is simply handing it to children and letting their imaginations soar like Bentley's."-Booklist

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista

This is a little biography of Wilson Bently. He was the first person to photograph snowflakes and understand that each one was different. He loved the snow. I can relate to this person. He loved gathering pictures. His parent spent their savings to buy him a camera and he used it to take photos no o......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

I really enjoyed this picture book biography for school aged chidren. I was so reminded of how I was fascinated with snow and snowflakes when I was a kid. This is a biography of a man who was obsessed with snow from a young age and developed a technique of microphotography so he could capture pictures......more