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Summer birds : the butterflies of Maria Merian

Author: Margarita Engle; Linda Lockowitz; Julie Paschkis; Henry Holt and Company.; Macmillan Production Asia.
Publisher: New York : Henry Holt, 2010
Edition/Format:   Print book : Biography : Primary school : English : 1st ed
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In the Middle Ages, people believed that insects were evil, born from mud in a process called spontaneous generation. 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.
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Genre/Form: Dust jackets (Bindings)
American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project
Juvenile works
Juvenile literature
Named Person: Maria Sibylla Merian; Maria Sibylla Merian; Maria Sibylla Merian
Material Type: Biography, Primary school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Margarita Engle; Linda Lockowitz; Julie Paschkis; Henry Holt and Company.; Macmillan Production Asia.
ISBN: 9780805089370 0805089373
OCLC Number: 310959348
Notes: "Book designed by Linda Lockowitz"--t.p. verso.
Awards: Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project (2011)
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Responsibility: Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Julie Paschkis.

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In the Middle Ages, people believed that insects were evil, born from mud in a process called spontaneous generation. 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.

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This Book Is Beautifully Illustrated!

by AnchorageSchools (WorldCat user published 2010-11-11) Very Good Permalink

As a child Maria Merian began exploring, documenting and sketching the natural world. Through her careful, exacting observations, Maria learned that butterflies, moths and frogs underwent metamorphosis. In the 1650's, people believed that beetles, worms, larvae, caterpillars and frogs were "beasts...
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