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Engle, Margarita.
Summer Birds :
The Butterflies of Maria Merian /
Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Julie Paschkis.
1st ed.
New York :
Henry Holt,
2010.
(Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong :
Macmillan Production Asia Ltd.).
1 v. (unpaged) :
col. ill. ;
27 cm.
"Book designed by Linda Lockowitz"--t.p. verso.
Accelerated Reader Word Count - 448.
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.
Lower grades (K-3.)
Accelerated Reader AR
Lower Grades (K-3)
3.2
0.5
144214.
20140904.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011.
American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project (2011.)
Merian, Maria Sibylla
1647-1717
Juvenile literature.
Merian, Maria Sibylla
1647-1717.
Caterpillars
Juvenile literature.
Caterpillars.
Butterflies
Metamorphosis
Juvenile literature.
Butterflies
Metamorphosis.
Good and evil
Juvenile literature.
Good and evil.
Natural history
Juvenile literature.
Natural history.
Spontaneous generation
Juvenile literature.
Spontaneous generation.
Sex role
Juvenile literature.
Sex role.
Dust jackets (Bindings)
2010.
American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project
2010.
Juvenile works.
Lockowitz, Linda.,
book designer.
Paschkis, Julie,
illustrator.
Henry Holt and Company,
publisher.
Macmillan Production Asia,
printer.
ALEML