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The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science Author:Joyce Sidman 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 also one of the first to document the metamorphosis of the butterfly.�In this visual nonfiction biog... more »raphy,�richly illustrated throughout with full-color�original paintings by Merian herself, the Newbery Honor?winning author Joyce Sidman paints her own picture of one of the first female entomologists and a woman who flouted convention in the pursuit of knowledge and her passion for insects.« less