TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sidman,Joyce
TI  - The girl who drew butterflies: how Maria Merian's art changed science 
SN  - 0544717139
AV  - QL31.M53 S53 2018
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Boston
PB  - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
KW  - Merian, Maria Sibylla,
KW  - Entomologists
KW  - Germany
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Entomology
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Scientific illustrators
KW  - Scientific illustration
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Women naturalists
KW  - Insects
KW  - Metamorphosis
N1  - 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; Ages 10-12; Grades 4 to 6; Recommended for primary school (age 6-12) and up.
N2  - Some have called Maria Sybilla Merian (born in 1647) the world's first ecologist, even though the word "ecology" wasn't coined until more than 50 years after her death. As this illustrated biography details, her scientific illustrations documented insect life cycles and associated plant species at a time when other naturalists were still proponents of Aristotle's theory of spontaneous generation. (Miller Library Staff); "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."--
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