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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Fyi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jw<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F243E'>Dr. J. Webster Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0F243E'>President, National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0F243E'>PO Box 458 Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0F243E'>740-592-6326<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0F243E'>“Changing what it means to be blind”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0F243E'>For more information go to nfbohio.org<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> nbp-bounces@nbp.org [mailto:nbp-bounces@nbp.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tony Grima<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 20, 2011 11:26 AM<br><b>To:</b> nbp@nbp.org<br><b>Subject:</b> NBP-Announce: December book club selection: Snowflake Bentley<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>December 2011 Book Club Selection<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Snowflake Bentley<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>By Jacqueline Briggs Martin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Print/braille edition, $7.99<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>In contracted braille with skip lines<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ages 4-8<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Includes a sheet of tactile illustrations of different <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>snowflakes by artist Ann Cunningham.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Most children are captivated by snow, but how many go on<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>to make it their lifework? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>From the time he was a little boy, Wilson Bentley loved snow. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Yet snow was frustrating to him. He could pick flowers for his <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>mother or net butterflies, but he couldn't hold on to snowflakes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Bentley tried drawing snow crystals, but they would melt too quickly. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Then, as a teenager in the 1870s, he read about a camera with a <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>microscope. His family were Vermont farmers, but they scraped together <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>the money to buy him the camera. From then on, there was no stopping <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Bentley, who was nicknamed Snowflake. He spent winters photographing <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>the intricate flakes. At first no one cared - 'Snow in Vermont is as <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>common as dirt!' But Bentley found fame as a nature photographer, and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>even today his photo book of snowflakes is considered a primary source.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>'There will be so many uses for this book - not the least of which is simply <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>handing it to children and letting their imaginations soar like Bentley's!'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>- Booklist, starred review <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Awards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>1999 Caldecott Medal Winner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Booklist Editors Choice<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To order or read more about this book online, visit <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/BC1112-SNOWFLAKE.html">http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/BC1112-SNOWFLAKE.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>******<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To order any books, send payment to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>NBP, 88 St. Stephen Street, Boston, MA 02115-4302<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Or call and charge it: toll-free (800) 548-7323 or (617) 266-6160 ext 520.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Or order any of our books online at <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/publications/index.html">http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/publications/index.html</a> .<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>