A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead

This gorgeous and empowering picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Evan Turk paints the portrait of Marietta Barovier,...
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A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead by Turk, Evan

A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead

$47.53

A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead

$47.53
Author: Evan Turk
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
This gorgeous and empowering picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Evan Turk paints the portrait of Marietta Barovier, the groundbreaking Renaissance artisan who helped shape the future of Venetian glassmaking.

Marietta and her family lived on the island of Murano, near Venice, as all glassmakers did in the early Renaissance. Her father, Angelo Barovier, was a true maestro, a master of glass. Marietta longed to create gorgeous glass too, but glass was men's work.

One day her father showed her how to shape the scalding-hot material into a work of art, and Marietta was mesmerized. Her skills grew and grew.

Marietta worked until she created her own unique glass bead: the rosetta. Small but precious, the beautiful beads grew popular around the world and became as valuable as gold. The young girl who was once told she could not create art was now the woman who would leave her mark on glasswork for centuries to come.

Author: Evan Turk
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/18/2020
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 11.10h x 11.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781534410343
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2020
Publishers Weekly 06/29/2020
Booklist 07/01/2020 pg. 75
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2020 pg. 126
School Library Journal 09/01/2020 pg. 106
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
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, and A Thousand Glass Flowers and the illustrator of Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters, which was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book; Grandfather Gandhi; and its companion Be the Change. Originally from Colorado, Evan now lives in the Hudson River Valley with his husband and two cats. He is a graduate of Parsons School of Design. Visit him at EvanTurk.com.

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