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Snowflake Bentley

A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations. Snow in Vermont is as common as dirt. Why would anyone want to photograph it? From the time he was a small boy, Wilson Bentley thinks of ice crystals as small miracle...

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Main Author: Martin, Jacqueline Briggs,
Other Authors: Azarian, Mary,, Houghton Mifflin Company,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1998]
Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm.
Series: Caldecott award ; 1999.
Subjects:
Bentley, W. A. -- (Wilson Alwyn), -- 1865-1931 -- Juvenile literature.
Bentley, W. A. -- (Wilson Alwyn), -- 1865-1931.
Caldecott Medal -- 1999.
Snowflakes -- Juvenile literature.
Nature photography -- Juvenile literature.
Meteorologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Photographers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
Photographers -- United States -- Biography.
Snow.
Online Access: Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/snokebentley.html
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/s/Snowflake_Bentley_Jacqueline_Briggs_Martin.html
Official Web Site of Wilson A. Bentley (1865-1931)
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/snowflakebentley.html
https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecott
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/snokebentley.html
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/s/Snowflake_Bentley_Jacqueline_Briggs_Martin.html
Official Web Site of Wilson A. Bentley (1865-1931)
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/snowflakebentley.html
https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecott

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