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Snowflake Bentley (book)
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Snowflake Bentley is a children's
picture book
written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Mary Azarian
. Published in 1998, the book is about Wilson Bentley
, the first known photographer of snowflakes. Azarian won the 1999 Caldecott Medal
for her illustrations.
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
picture book
Picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil.Two of the earliest books with something like the format picture books still retain now...
written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Mary Azarian
Mary Azarian
Mary Azarian is an American woodcut artist and children's book illustrator. In 1999 she won the Caldecott Medal for her book, Snowflake Bentley, a picture book of the life of Wilson Bentley....
. Published in 1998, the book is about Wilson Bentley
Wilson Bentley
Wilson Alwyn "Snowflake" Bentley , born in Jericho, Vermont, United States is one of the first known photographers of snowflakes. He perfected a process of catching flakes on black velvet in such a way that their images could be captured before they either melted or sublimed.-Biography:Bentley was...
, the first known photographer of snowflakes. Azarian won the 1999 Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
for her illustrations.