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

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

by Joyce Sidman
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science

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

by Joyce Sidman

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Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780358667933
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 07/19/2022
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 89,864
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 10 - 12 Years

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, a Lee Bennet Hopkins Award, winner of the Claudia Lews Award, and many stars and best of lists.  For her award-winning body of work, she won the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit www.joycesidman.com

 

 

Table of Contents

Butterfly Glossary vi

The Girl in the Garden viii

Chapter 1 Egg 1

Chapter 2 Hatching 7

Chapter 3 First Instar 13

Chapter 4 Second Instar 20

Chapter 5 Third Instar 28

Chapter 6 Fourth Instar 34

Chapter 7 Molting 41

Chapter 8 Pupa 55

Chapter 9 Eclosing 61

Chapter 10 Expanding 74

Chapter 11 Flight 84

Chapter 12 Egg 103

The Woman in Her World 116

Author's Note 122

Timeline 124

Quote Sources 129

Selected Bibliography 132

For Further Reading 136

Acknowledgments 137

Image Credits 139

Index 141

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