Snowflake Bentley

Summary

This picture book biography follows Wilson Bentley, a Vermont farmer who became fascinated by snow crystals and spent his life photographing them through a microscope. Azarian illustrates the story with hand colored woodcuts whose bold lines and warm tones evoke rural New England and the snowy world Bentley loved. The book pairs Jacqueline Briggs Martin's text with art that honors both the science of snowflakes and the quiet persistence of a self taught naturalist.