Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Illustrated by Mary Azarian
Published: 1998
Pages: 30
Our library has a section where you can check out picture books along with their accompanying audio CDs all in one bag. These read a long books are fun for the kids (if you can get them to pay attention), and they can really save on my voice when I have a cold. We even keep a CD player in Lance's room now.
"In the days when farmers worked with ox and sled and cut the dark with lantern light, there lived a boy who loved snow more than anything else in the world."
In the 1860's Willie Bentley grew up on a farm in Vermont in an area known as the "snowbelt." He develops a keen interest in observing nature. Although he loved to pick flowers for his mother, he could not share with his loved ones what most interested him....snowflakes.
As the years go by, he eventually talks his parents into buying him an extremely unique (and expensive) camera to photograph the snowflakes. Many folks around town thought he was a little strange, but he eventually won them over when he started holding evening slideshows. He was able to capture more than just photographs, but also the wonder and amazement of his family and friends.
This sweet story will melt you heart. Hope you check it out!
xoxo,
Kelly
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