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

Joyce Sidman

160 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction childrens middle grade nature informative inspiring slow-paced
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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?  One of the first naturalists to observe live insects directly, Maria Sibylla Merian was a...

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