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Summer birds : the butterflies of Maria Merian / Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Julie Paschkis.
By: Engle, Margarita
Contributor(s): Paschkis, Julie [illustrator.]
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TextPublisher: New York : Henry Holt, 2010Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780805089370 (hc : alk. paper); 0805089373 (hc : alk. paper)Subject(s): Caterpillars -- Juvenile literature | Butterflies -- Metamorphosis -- Juvenile literature | Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717 -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 595.78139 Summary: 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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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.
