The girl who drew butterflies : how Maria Merian's art changed science / Joyce Sidman.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- Children
- 9780544717138
- 0544717139
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717 -- Juvenile literature
- Entomologists -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Entomology -- Germany -- History -- 17th century -- Juvenile literature
- Scientific illustrators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Scientific illustration -- Germany -- History -- 17th century -- Juvenile literature
- Scientists -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women naturalists -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Insects -- Metamorphosis -- Juvenile literature
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Biography | Merian, M. S568 | Available | 33111008545366 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Biography | Merian, M. S568 | Available | 33111008708436 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this beautiful nonfiction biography, a Robert F. Sibert Medal winner, the Newbery Honor-winning author Joyce Sidman introduces readers to one of the first female entomologists and a woman who flouted convention in the pursuit of knowledge and her passion for insects.
One of the first naturalists to observe live insects directly, Maria Sibylla Merian was also one of the first to document the metamorphosis of the butterfly.
Richly illustrated throughout with full-color original paintings by Merian herself, The Grew Who Drew Butterflies will enthrall young scientists.
Bugs, of all kinds, were considered to be "born of mud" and to be "beasts of the devil." Why would anyone, let alone a girl, want to study and observe them? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies answers this question.
Booklist Editor's Choice Chicago Public Library Best of the Year Kirkus Best Book of the Year Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book Junior Library Guild Selection New York Public Library Top 10 Best Books of the YearAges 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
"Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The girl in the garden -- Egg -- Hatching -- First instar -- Second instar -- Third instar -- Fourth instar -- Molting -- Pupa -- Eclosing -- Expanding -- Flight -- Egg -- The woman in her world.