Seize The Secret Life Of A Snowflake: An Up-Close Look At The Art And Science Of Snowflakes Constructed By Kenneth Libbrecht Distributed As Interactive EBook

this off the shelf at the library the other evening after spotting it while I was putting stickers on some books.
Incredible photographs of all sorts of up close snowflakes, along with easy to follow descriptions of how theyre formed.
I had never seen a lopsided snowflake before! I also like how Libbrecht narrates the book by explaining how photographing and studying of snowflakes is his hobby.
A scientist and photographer brings his passion of snowflake into a wonderful children nonfiction book, This is a very interesting book and written well for young people to understand and enjoy, There are lots of pictures and projects to interest young minds, and older ones as well! This is a great book about snowflakes for elementary age students.
The pictures are bright and colorful, The book has lots of interesting information about how snowflakes form and why all snowflakes have sixsides.
I'm hoping to share this book in my STEM library program for children, This book is very fitting for this time of the year, It was cool to learn the science behind a snowflake, Stunning photography accompanied by clear text that outlines the science behind snowflakes, I read it out to K, and she read some parts out loud to me, We managed it in one sitting as the presentation is captivating, Nice graphics highlight different points like: relative sizes of cloud droplet and raindrop Raindroptimes bigger than cloud droplet.
, how a snowflake forms and the shapes of the crystal structures, Fantastic! A wonderful follow up to Snowflake Bentley, Beautiful photos and very interesting, I was thrilled this book arrived from the library just in time for a unit study on snow I did with my "love to learners" see Thomas Jefferson Education.
The science is written in such a manner that the kids were FASCINATED, not bored, The photographs are beautiful, there is instructions on how to produce a geometrically correct snowflake using paper, and illustrations to represent the reality of size.
On a scale of, I give this book a SIX, Yes, it's that good. A stunningly beautiful book. There is little in the way of text, although I learnt a lot from what there was, but this book is aimed at the junior market.
I was entranced, though by the photographs, This was certainly the first time I had seen closeups of snowflakes and I thought they were mesmerizing.
They reminded me a lot of fractals, another subject that fascinates me, The photo on pagealone is worth hunting this book down for,

and the best thing was that after reading this book with my daughter we were out walking in falling snow today and lo and behold we could see the shapes of the crystals in the flakes! Very, very rewarding! Its a cool quick read!

Didnt know it was a childrens book but it goes through how snowflakes are made and has some beautiful pictures.
So informative and the photography is exquisite, Highly recommend. My five and seven year olds enjoyed it and I even learned a few things, To see this review as well as this week's favorite children's books please visit sitelinkwww, readrantrockandroll. com

The Secret Life of a Snowflake has to be one of the most beautiful children's science books I've seen.
The author, Dr. Kenneth Libbrecht, is a professor of physics and studies crystals, Not only does the book contain many photographs of Dr, Libbrecht's snowflake finding's, it also teaches facts about them, Many of these facts I never knew as an adult which makes this a book for everyone.
Some of them include:

Why is snow the color white
How are snowflakes made
Why are they all so different
Why do snowflakes all havebranches

The author even covers the different states of water, clouds, the birth of a snowflake, and provides a pattern for cutting your own paper snowflake.


This is a wonderful book that would be perfect for applying in a science curriculum for kids.
If you simply can't wait to read this

book, you can visit his website at sitelinkwww, snowcrystals. com. Here you will find countless photos of closeup snowflakes, Simply Amazing.

This book is a good companion to sitelinkSnowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, This book by Kenneth Libbrecht who is a professor of physics at Caltech, where he studies how crystals grow, will inform young ones what a snowflake is and how it develops and how beautiful each snowflake is by his gorgeous photography.
This book even gives you directions to make paper snowflakes, A definite must for your children's science shelf, Many of us won't pick up a "children's book" unless we are reading with a child, By doing so, we may miss out on a lot,

This book is suitable for children and young adults but it was also beneficial to me.
It relates a great many things about snowflakes that I didn't know or forgot, Libbrecht communicates both his passion and understanding of his subject, His photographs are exquisite and reinforce his discussion of both the science and artistry of snowflakes and how they come to be.


It is straightforward it is short its prose is clear and, it is beautiful, Doing some weather reading this summer, and this book about snow and snowflakes is lovely, Libbrecht is a scientist who has devoted his career to studying snow, but writes about it in layfriendly language.
I learned so much! I will appreciate this winter's snow on so many new levels this year.
Horn Book Spring

Physicist Libbrecht shares his passion for snowflakes, describing their intricate structures, the science of phase changes and crystallization, and the photographic techniques used to capture ice crystals in the shapes of flakes, needles, ferns, and columns.
The photographs themselves, which mainly feature closeups of single flakes some enhanced with colored light are stunningly crisp, allowing readers to contemplate every minute detail.
Glos. , ind.



School Library Journal May,

GrExtraordinary photographs of individual snowflakes are the true highlight of this informational book.
With crisp detail and lit up with colored light, the crystals are mesmerizing in their clarity and brilliance.
Libbrecht uses a firstperson narration to describe the microphotography process that he uses to create the images and then goes on to outline the life cycle of a snowflake.
Some elementary science is included in the text, such as the water cycle and the crystallization process, which explains why no two snowflakes are ever alike.
Details about why snowflakes always have six branches and why they vary in size so much add interest and depth, offering readers more than just the basics.
A solid addition to any science collection, this book will draw in young enthusiasts, and the beautiful photographs will engage casual browsers.
Team it with Jacqueline Briggs Martin's Snowflake Bentley Houghton,and Snow Crystals Dover,, Bentley's own collection of snowflake photographs, for an intriguing lesson on snow.
Jody Kopple, Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA CopyrightReed Business Information,
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