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Gerlach Community Library - Adult Nonfiction
688.7221 LEV 1998
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Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

2) Snowflake Bentley

Author

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

1998.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Caldecott Award Winners

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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Picture Books - Biography Shelf
J BIO BENTLEY 1998
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Duncan/Traner Community Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
J BIO BENTLEY 1998
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Gerlach Community Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
J BIO BENTLEY 1998
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Description

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A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.

3) In the belly of an ox: the unexpected photographic adventures of Richard and Cherry Kearton

Author

Bond, Rebecca

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Books for Children

Pub. Date

2009.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Gerlach Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 779.32 BOND 2009
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South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 779.32 BOND 2009
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Richard and Cherry reasoned they might hide from birds in the belly of an ox. Concealed in the hollow animal, the brothers were able to photograph birds in their natural habitats. Their results were published in 1895, marking a new era in natural history.

4) Playa fire: spirit and soul at Burning Man

Author

Harvey, Stewart

Publisher

HarperElixir

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

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Burning Man & Black Rock

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Gerlach Community Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nevada Shelf
700.9793 HARVEY 2017
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"A stunning visual and narrative homage-featuring more than 100 black & white and color photographs, many never before seen-that captures the wonder and metaphysical power of Burning Man past present, and future, and the magic that draws us to it, by the ultimate Burning Man insider. Growing up in 1950s Oregon, brothers Stewart and Larry Harvey rebelled against their small-town culture and the conformist norms of Eisenhower's America. Stewart turned...