The Four Seasons of Mary Azarian
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| author = Mary Azarian
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| language = English
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| publisher = David R Godine
| release_date = September 1, 2000
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| pages = 109 ppg
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The Four Seasons of Mary Azarian is a 2000 children's book by Mary Azarian.{{cite web|last=MacKenzie|first=Melissa|title=Books & Authors: Four Seasons of Mary Azarian|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MCNP&p_multi=RHDB&p_theme=mcnp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10D83B1B393821E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|work=Rutland Herald|accessdate=10 October 2012|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006142018/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MCNP&p_multi=RHDB&p_theme=mcnp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10D83B1B393821E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}"The Four Seasons of Mary Azarian." Reference & Research Book News Aug. 2001: 206. Academic OneFile. 10 Oct. 2012. GALE|A35179158"House, Home and Inhabitants." (2001). Publishers Weekly, 248(4), 319. The book contains wood carvings that have been printed from the author's woodcut carvings, some of which have been painted. It has been reviewed positively, for example The Boston Globe called it a regional book that is a "classic winner".{{cite web |url=http://archive.boston.com/travel/articles/2004/12/19/the_books_that_will_take_you_there_boston_globe/ |title=The books that will take you there |work=The Boston Globe |author=Christina Tree |date=December 19, 2004 |access-date=October 9, 2012 }}
Synopsis
The Four Seasons of Mary Azarian has carvings of all four seasons, depicting activities and sights which may occur in each of them. For each season, there are short stories of inspiration by seasonal changes, or of stories that Mary has experienced in those seasons.
Reception
Reception for The Four Seasons of Mary Azarian has been mostly positive.{{cite web|last=Cain|first=Melissa|title=Children's books are topic of conference|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CllPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2wMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4329,2645631&dq=four-seasons-of-mary-azarian&hl=en|work=Toledo Blade|accessdate=10 October 2012|archive-date=18 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818183108/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CllPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2wMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4329,2645631&dq=four-seasons-of-mary-azarian&hl=en|url-status=live}} Booklist gave the book a positive review, praising Azarian's wood carvings.{{cite web|title=Review: The Four Seasons of Mary Azarian|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Four-Seasons-of-Mary-Azarian-Mary-Azarian/pid=393685|work=Booklist|accessdate=10 October 2012}} The Boston Globe called it a regional book that is a "classic winner".