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

"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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Main Author: Sidman, Joyce (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
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Merian, Maria Sibylla, > 1647-1717 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
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Summary:"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."--
Physical Description:120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Audience:Ages 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780544717138
0544717139
Author Notes:Poet and author Joyce Sidman was born in Hartford, Connecticut on June 4, 1956. She received a B.A. in German from Wesleyan University and earned her teacher's certificate in 1983. Sidman teaches poetry and is a columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. She has published several children's books, including Red Sings from Treetops, and she won the New Women's Voices award for Like the Air.

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