The girl who drew butterflies : how Maria Merian's art changed science / Joyce Sidman.
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TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]Description: 120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780544717138
- 0544717139
- 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
- Women -- Biography
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Women
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Science & Technology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Animals -- Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars
- A Junior Library Guild selection.
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Newport Public Library Children's Area | Nonfiction for Kids | JUV 595 .7092 SID (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | NWP153006 |
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."-- Provided by publisher.
Middle School.
1110 Lexile.
Ages 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
Reading Counts! 10.5.
Accelerated Reader MG 7.7 2.0.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
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