The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science Material:paperback hear the thrum of hummingbird

hear the thrum of hummingbird wings

all perfectly captured in Ernest Shepard's beautiful illustrations

introduces the youthful reader to the variety of animal and plant life that three children observe on their way to school through fields and woods

and doodling

"-- People "Spectacular

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science Material:paperback hear the thrum of hummingbirdRobert F. Sibert Medal winner 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 biography, richly illustrated throughout with full color original paintings by