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

The girl who drew butterflies : how Maria Merian's art changed science / Joyce Sidman.

Author/creator	Sidman, Joyce author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
Copyright Notice	©2018
Description	120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	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.

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.
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Interest age level	Ages 10-12.
Interest grade level	Grades 4 to 6.
Audience	1110 Lexile
Study program note	Reading Counts!
Awards note	Junior Library Guild selection.
Genre/form	Biographies.
LCCN	2016057731
ISBN	9780544717138 (hbk.)
ISBN	0544717139
Standard identifier#	40028719989