Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Claudia McGehee will be at Next Page Books on Saturday, June 5 for a reading of their new book, co-created with Liza Ketchum and Phyllis Root, BEGIN WITH A BEE.
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Read this family-friendly book while walking through the winter woods along a one-mile trail. Follow the illustrated signs along the trail at Oak Point Farm (60 Samoset Road, Boothbay Harbor) as they tell a tale that connects you to your natural surroundings. The story trail starts from the parking lot kiosk. The current read-aloud book, “Snowflake Bentley,” is by Jacqueline Briggs Martin with illustrations by Mary Azarian. This is the true story of Wilson Bentley from Vermont, mystified by snowflakes since boyhood. Bentley was determined that one day his camera would capture the wonder of the tiny crystal. His enthusiasm for photographing snowflakes was often misunderstood in his time, but his patience and determination revealed two important truths: no two snowflakes are alike, and each one is startlingly beautiful.
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Did you know that every single snowflake is unique?
This week, NYC experienced it s first snow of the season and there will be many more of those days to come. But, growing up in Vermont, I became used to snowy days as early as October. Snow is a big part of the Vermont identity, as many parts of the state experience snow for 4-6 months out of the year. And where I grew up, we were taught in school about a hometown hero called Wilson Bentley, also known as Snowflake Bentley.
Bentley was born in Jericho, Vermont (the town where I attended high school) in 1865 and became the first known person to take detailed photographs of snowflakes and record their features. He perfected the method of catching snowflakes onto a piece of black velvet and then photographed them before they melted. The technique he created to photograph snowflakes is still widely used today and a large part of his collection is held at the Jericho Historical Society in his