Children's Science Book Award in younger category from New York Academy of Sciences, for The Secret Language of
Snow.
"..the creators of The Secret Language of Snow know their snow" and "Any good reader close enough to snow . . . will find this work a fine introduction."
--Scientific American, December, 1984, pp, 27-30.
The Secret Language of Snow
Sierra Club/Pantheon Books
1984, Hardcover, 129 p., illustrations.
ISBN: 0-39486-574-X
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Examines over a dozen different types of snow and snowy conditions through the vocabulary of the Inuit people of Alaska. Discusses the
physical properties and formation of snow and how it affects the plants, animals, and people of the Arctic.
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About illustrator Jennifer Dewey.
- Article entitled "Hearing stories, finding family, returning home" written by Terry Tempest Williams about the Teton Science School. The Teton Science School is where Terry Tempest Williams worked with Ted Majors. The article is in High Country News, Vol. 28 No. 11 | June 10, 1996, and includes photos.
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Secret Language of Snow