The girl who drew butterflies
About this book
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.
Subjects
- award:sibert_award
- biography
- entomologists
- entomology
- history
- insects
- insects, juvenile literature
- juvenile literature
- metamorphosis
- scientific illustration
- scientific illustrators
- scientists
- scientists, juvenile literature
- women
- women naturalists