The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

Snowflake Bentley

32 pp. | Houghton | September, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-395-86162-4 $$16.00

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Mary Azarian. A warm period look at a cold subject--snow--and one self-made scientist, Wilson A. Bentley, the man who discovered, among other things, the fact that no two snowflakes are alike. Bentley's dedication to his research is clearly evident, and the ridicule to which he was sometimes subjected is appropriately down-played for a young audience. The book exhibits a beautiful blend of Azarian's splendid woodcuts, a lyrical text, and factual sidebars.

Reviewer: Elizabeth S. Watson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 1998