A thousand glass flowers Marietta Barovier and the invention of the rosetta bead

As a child in fifteenth-century Murano, Italy, Marietta Barovier is drawn to her father's workshop and, although glass blowing is men's work, she later revives the lost art of millefiori.

Main Author: Turk, Evan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York City : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020]
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: As a child in fifteenth-century Murano, Italy, Marietta Barovier is drawn to her father's workshop and, although glass blowing is men's work, she later revives the lost art of millefiori.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience: Ages 4-8.
Grades K-1.
ISBN: 9781534410343
1534410341
Author Notes: Evan Turk is an Ezra Jack Keats Award-winning illustrator, author, and animator. He is the author-illustrator of The Storyteller , Heartbeat , You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks , A Thousand Glass Flowers , and Hello, Moon and the illustrator of Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters , which was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book; The People's Painter ; Grandfather Gandhi ; and its companion Be the Change . Originally from Colorado, Evan now lives in southern California with his husband and two cats. He is a graduate of Parsons School of Design. Visit him at EvanTurk.com.