Title:
The girl who drew butterflies : how Maria Merian's art changed science / Joyce Sidman.
Author:
Sidman, Joyce, author.
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
©2018
Call Number:
BIO QL31.M53 S53 2018
Abstract:
"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.
ISBN:
9780544717138
Physical Description:
120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Subject Term:
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.
Personal Author:
Reading Level:
Ages 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
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