The girl who drew butterflies [electronic resource] : how Maria Merian's art changed science / written by Joyce Sidman.
Publisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018Description: 1 online resource : illustationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781328830289
- 1328830284
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717 -- Juvenile literature
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717 -- Juvenile literature
- 1600-1699
- 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
- Entomologists
- Entomology
- Insects -- Metamorphosis
- Scientific illustration
- Scientific illustrators
- Scientists
- Women naturalists
- Entomologists
- Entomology -- Germany -- History -- 17th century
- Scientific illustrators
- Scientific illustration -- Germany -- History -- 17th century
- Scientists
- Women naturalists
- Insects -- Metamorphosis
- Women -- Biography
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Zoology
- Germany
- 595.7092 B 23
- QL31.M53 S53 2018
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book (Youth) | Main Library Juvenile Nonfiction | J 595.7092 SIDMAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31744004189383 |
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.
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.
Ages 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.