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SUMMER BIRDS: THE BUTTERFLIES OF MARIA MERIAN

Summer Birds cover
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Engle
Author's First Name: 
Margarita
Illustrator's First Name: 
Julie
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Paschkis
Publisher: 
Holt
Publication Date: 
2010

Medieval Europeans thought butterflies came from mud, but 13-year-old Maria Merian captures and observes them, chronicling and painting their life cycles and dispelling the mystery around animal metamorphoses. Fanciful oil paintings complement this appealing story.

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