Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian - Margarita Engle - Books - Henry Holt & Company Inc - 9780805089370 - April 27, 2010
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In the Middle Ages, people believed that insects were evil, born from mud in a process called spontaneous generation. Maria Merian was only a child, but she disagreed. She watched carefully as caterpillars spun themselves cocoons, which opened to reveal summer birds, or butterflies and moths. Maria studied the whole life cycle of the summer birds, and documented what she learned in vibrant paintings.

This is the story of one young girl who took the time to observe and learn, and in so doing disproved a theory that went all the way back to ancient Greece. 

colour illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 27, 2010
ISBN13 9780805089370
Publishers Henry Holt & Company Inc
Pages 32
Dimensions 262 × 215 × 11 mm   ·   336 g
Language English  
Illustrator Paschkis, Julie

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