Edutopia – Canice Thynne
“Picture books are an extremely valuable resource for learning. They come packed with amazing artwork, stories, humor, history, and science. They often teach about people in that wonderful genre of narrative nonfiction. I think of the book Snowflake Bentley, written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Mary Azarian, which provides students with knowledge about snowflakes but also teaches them about this very passionate man who tirelessly took pictures of snowflakes.” (more)