Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Title: Snowflake Bentley
Illustrator: Mary Azarian
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Year: 1998
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Biographies
Reading Level: Independent
Interest-Level: Elementary
Topics: Snowflakes, Wilson Bentley
Summary: Snowflake Bentley is a biography on Wilson Bentley, the first person to photograph snowflakes. It gives insight to his childhood, growing up, and his growing fascination with snow. People believe that no two snowflakes are alike because Wilson Bentley spent his like taking pictures of more then 6,000 snowflakes and he never found any to be alike.
Extension Activities:
-Provide plain white printer paper for students and children’s scissors. Show them how to make different snowflakes by folding them and cutting out shapes. Have them make one by following example and then let them create their own—as many as they want. Let them attach ribbon to hang them from the ceiling or bring them home to enjoy.
