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The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs by Fiona Robinson photography "Wiker and Witt submit: 'AAuthor illustrator Fiona Robinson's Bluest of Blues is a gorgeous picture book biography of botanist and photographer Anna Atkins the first person to ever publish a book of photography. An ALSC Notable Children's Book A Junior Library Guild Selection A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year After losing her mother very early in life, Anna Atkins (1799 1871) was raised by her loving father. He gave her a scientific education, which was highly