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

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2018

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Title:	The girl who drew butterflies : how Maria Merian's art changed science
Author:	Sidman, Joyce, author.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018] ©2018
Description:	120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 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.
Audience:	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.
Genre:	Biographies.
Reading Level:	Reading Counts! 10.5.
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.
ISBN	9780544717138

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