Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself.
Robert F. Sibert Medal Winner
- ISBN: 9780544717138
- Author: Sidman, Joyce
- Published: 2018 , HMH Books for Young Readers
- Themes: Butterflies, Experiments, Nature, painting, STEM, Western Europe, Women and girls
- Descriptors: Awards, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
- No. of pages: 160