Picture book · Nonfiction
Snowflake Bentley
Jacqueline Briggs Martin; illustrated by Mary Azarian
About the book
The life of Wilson Bentley, a Vermont farmer who photographed snowflakes and showed that no two are alike.
Reading notes
Pairs science and perseverance; sidebars add factual detail.
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Recognition
- Caldecott Medal (1999)
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Book details
- Author
- Jacqueline Briggs Martin
- Illustrator
- Mary Azarian
- First published
- 1998
- Suggested ages
- Ages 5–9 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Best read aloud
- Topics
- winter, photography, science
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780547530833 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2020
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
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