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

by Evan Turk

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534410341
• ISBN13: 9781534410343
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.1" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3