The Girl Who Drew Butterflies - How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science

In this beautiful nonfiction biography, a Robert F. Sibert Medal winner, the Newbery Honor?winning author Joyce Sidman introduces readers to one of the first female entomologists and a woman who flouted convention in the pursuit of knowledge and her passion for insects.
One of the first naturalists to observe live insects directly, Maria Sibylla Merian was also one of the first to document the metamorphosis of the butterfly.
Richly illustrated throughout with full-color original paintings by Merian herself, The Grew Who Drew Butterflies will enthrall young scientists.
Bugs, of all kinds, were considered to be ?born of mud? and to be ?beasts of the devil.? Why would anyone, let alone a girl, want to study and observe them? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies answers this question.

• Booklist Editor's Choice
• Chicago Public Library Best of the Year
• Kirkus Best Book of the Year
• Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
• Junior Library Guild Selection
• New York Public Library Top 10 Best Books of the Year

About the author

The Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Medalist Joyce Sidman is today’s foremost nature poet for children. Accolades for her books include two Caldecott Honors, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, the Claudia Lewis Award, and many stars and best books lists. For her award-winning body of work, she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit joycesidman.com
 

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Sidman
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.07.2022
• EAN: 9780358667933
• ISBN: 978-0-358-66793-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 442 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Discoveries, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Historical, JUVENILE NONFICTION: School & Education, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Birds, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Science & Nature / Discoveries, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Art / Painting, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Art / History