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The girl who drew butterflies : how Maria Merian's art changed science

2018

Format:	Book
Author:	Sidman, Joyce, author.
Title:	The girl who drew butterflies : how Maria Merian's art changed science / Joyce Sidman.
Publisher, Date:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
Description:	120 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Summary:	"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.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 10-12. Grades 4 to 6.
Subjects:	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. Butterflies -- Juvenile literature.
Other Title:	Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, 2019.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	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.
LCCN:	2016057731
ISBN:	9780544717138
Other Number:	967774914
System Availability:	7
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	7
Control Number:	709386
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Call Number:	j BIO Merian

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