W. A. Bentley (1865–1931)
Autore di Snowflake Bentley
Sull'Autore
Opere di W. A. Bentley
Opere correlate
The Snow Baby: The Arctic Childhood of Robert E. Peary's Daring Daughter (2007) — Fotografo — 114 copie
Tsuzumi : die gefrorene Sanduhrtrommel — Illustratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Bentley, Wilson Alwyn
- Altri nomi
- Bentley, Snowflake
- Data di nascita
- 1865-09-02
- Data di morte
- 1931-12-23
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Jericho, Vermont, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Jericho, Vermont, USA
- Causa della morte
- pneumonia
- Attività lavorative
- photographer
farmer
physicist
meteorologist - Breve biografia
- In 2022 the Natural History Museum, London, bought an album of 355 of his original prints of snowflakes (Guardian, 2023-01-04). The album has been digitised here.
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Snowflake Bentley di Jacqueline Briggs Martin
This book is for primary level (read aloud) and intermediate level students. This book is about the story of Bentley who had a fascination with snow. He realized they were all different and wanted to share his fascination with others. This is a true story about his life.
I love a woodcut illustration, winter scenes especially lend themselves to a beautiful woodcut. I also enjoyed a story of a regular farmer pursuing his snowflake passion without being school educated. It is a simple book, and tells a sweet story that is historically accurate. I do wish it had more of the actual snowflake pictures.
Independent Reading Level: Grade 3
Honors/Awards: Caldecott Medal
Honors/Awards: Caldecott Medal
Wilson Bentley was always fascinated by snow. In childhood and adulthood, he saw each tiny crystal of a snowflake as a little miracle and wanted to understand them. His parents supported his curiosity and saved until they could give him his own camera and microscope. At the time, his enthusiasm was misunderstood. But with patience and determination, Wilson catalogued hundreds of snowflake photographs, gave slideshows of his findings and, when he was 66, published a book of his photos. His work became the basis for all we know about beautiful, unique snowflakes today.… (altro)
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- Opere
- 5
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 3,354
- Popolarità
- #7,610
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 152
- ISBN
- 39
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1
