Books with title The Life of a Snowflake

Snowflakes may be an everyday, common subject, but youve never seen them like this! A collection of amazing photography of snow crystals using a unique system designed to take super-detailed micro images of these miniature ice masterpieces, "The Snowflake" is an extraordinary look at a seemingly ordinary object. Author Kenneth Libbrecht, a physics professor at Caltech and the pre-eminent snow-crystal researcher, discusses the physics and mythology of snow and how snow crystals are made. Photographer Patricia Rasmussen presents remarkable color micro-photography of snowflakes, and also discusses the history of snow-crystal micro-photography as invented by farmer Wilson Bentley.

What's a snowflake to do?Emmett had to decide. Should he be safe and jump early to become an open-field snowflake, or take a chance and hold out for something better? Your little ones will delight in this entertaining and touching adventure of Emmett and his little friend, Cory.The story is easy to read and contains lots of sight words. Cute pictures help tell the story and keep your young readers entertained.Your child will identify with Emmett and Cory as they become fast friends and weather the storm together!The perfect story for any time of the year!

What's a snowflake to do? Emmett had to decide. Should he be safe and jump early to become an open-field snowflake, or take a chance and hold out for something better? Your little ones will delight in this entertaining and touching adventure of Emmett and his little friend, Cory. The story is easy to read and contains lots of sight words. Cute pictures help tell the story and keep your young readers entertained. Your child will identify with Emmett and Cory as they become fast friends and weather the storm together! The perfect story for any time of the year!

On a gray winter's daya shiny white snowflakeis born in the sky.But just as she awakens, a powerful wind catches her and carries her away.Away from her Mother Cloud…Away from her Sister Snowflakes…Until the Snowflake finds herself vulnerable and alone in the great unknown.Let's join her adventure to see if she will trust in... LOVE.Enjoy the healing power of Mother Nature,and along with the Snowflake,become part of something larger than yourself.The Snowflake is a children's book dipped in the frost magic and snowy enchantment of the winter landscape. As she falls from the sky, the Snowflake becomes separated from her sisters and is blown into an adventure that challenges her to face the world with trust, grace and heart. This warming tale is a nature elixir for any kid-at-heart and rekindles living sparks of truth, transience, and wonder.

Take a deeper look at the unique, hidden beauty of winter with the world's foremost snowflake expert.From ten thousand feet above the Earth, a snowflake begins its fall. Its journey starts when ice forms around a nucleus of dust and is blown by the winds through clouds where the crystals blossom into tiny ice stars. Because it weighs next to nothing, a snow crystal may take hours to fall--finally landing where Caltech physicist Kenneth Libbrecht can use microphotography to record the tiny, intricate, frozen artistry of the snowflake. In The Snowflake: Winter's Frozen Artistry, Libbrecht teams with author Rachel Wing to create the most fascinating book on snowflakes ever published. This book defines the art and science of snowflakes for generations.Join Libbrecht and Wing as they charmingly chronicle the creation of snow crystals, both in nature and in the laboratory. The Snowflake: Winter's Frozen Artistry touches the hand of Mother Nature, showing incredible microphotography of individual snow crystals from all over the world. The book tells the history of snowflake observations mixed with an entertaining blend of tales of hunting snowflakes, snowflakes in literature and art, and the science of snowflakes, to bring a flurry of delightful snowflakes into the hands of warm-bodied humans everywhere. With this captivating book, we can better appreciate snowflakes, winter's frozen artistry.

When Kaylen the angel asks God why all angels are the same, she is given the chance to name a new natural phenomenon--glittering flakes of frozen rain--and learns that all God's creations are different in their own ways, and that God has a plan for each one.When Kaylen the angel asks God why all angels are the same, she is allowed to name a new natural phenomenon--glittering flakes of frozen rain--and learns that all God's creations are different in their own ways, and that God has a plan for each one

The captivating, feminist YA thriller. The snow is falling thick and fast now. Snow in Iceland is dangerous.Hannah Eiríksdóttir has been banished from her home in London to a place of eternal punishment for the wicked. No, not Hell, but close: Iceland. There, she faces a new life working as a journalist for her father's newspaper - a man she barely knows.Imogen Collins has the perfect life as a social media influencer, showing off her glamorous London existence to adoring fans. But behind the filters lies a dark secret. She thought she'd buried it: But the Beast is back - a ghost from her past who's threatening to ruin her future.When a man is found murdered at the edge of the road in snowy Iceland the girls' lives collide. Imogen had the motive. Can Hannah find out the truth, and discover the reality of the girl beneath the filters?Behind perfection often lies unbearable ugliness.'A sharp, relevant tale' The Sun

Snowflakes are indeed masterpieces of nature's art. In The Art of the Snowflake, Dr. Kenneth Libbrecht has collected his newest and best photographic images of snowflakes. His unique method of photography captures real snow crystals in color and unprecedented detail, unveiling their incredible patterns like never before. His images save the miraculous beauty of snowflakes for all to see.

The captivating, feminist, Nordic YA thriller from Sif Sigmarsdottir. The snow is falling thick and fast now. Snow in Iceland is dangerous.Hannah Eiríksdóttir has been banished from her home in London to a place of eternal punishment for the wicked. No, not Hell, but close: Iceland. There, she faces a new life working as a journalist for her father's newspaper - a man she barely knows.Imogen Collins has the perfect life as a social media influencer, showing off her glamorous London existence to adoring fans. But behind the filters lies a dark secret. She thought she'd buried it: But the Beast is back - a ghost from her past who's threatening to ruin her future.When a man is found murdered at the edge of the road in snowy Iceland the girls' lives collide. Imogen had the motive. Can Hannah find out the truth, and discover the reality of the girl beneath the filters?Behind perfection often lies unbearable ugliness.For fans of One of Us is Lying and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder