Title: The girl who drew butterflies
Description: 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: Entomologists, Women naturalists, Insects, Entomology, Scientific illustration, Metamorphosis, Scientists, Scientific illustrators, Juvenile literature, History, Insects, juvenile literature, Scientists, juvenile literature, Biography, Women, award:Sibert_award
Places: Germany
People: Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)
Time periods: 17th century