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Gr 1–4—Ansel Adams (1902–84) couldn't sit still at home or at school; he loved running outside and observing everything in nature near his California home. A family trip to Yosemite Valley fanned Ansel's passion for nature and photography. Readers follow Ansel as he quickly surpasses the level of a beginner and pursues a life of nature photography. He is portrayed hiking the Sierra Nevada, living and working in Yosemite National Park, and traveling the country for the likes of Life magazine and the U.S....Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This peppy picture book biography of nature photographer Ansel Adams describes an "antsy" young boy whose propensity to get into trouble was allayed only by being in the great outdoors. Sonorous language, including alliteration, brings readers close to Ansel's experiences in nature, such as on the Golden Gate beach near his San Francisco home, where "gusting gales pushed and pulled; salt spray strung his cheeks; surf pounded the sand-BOOM!"; or at quiet Lobos Creek, which "whispered and winked, flickered and flew, shimmered and shone." As Ansel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This peppy picture-book biography describes how a trip to Yosemite Valley and the gift of a camera set "antsy" young Ansel Adams towar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More