Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle

Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian

Margarita Engle with Julie Paschkis (Illustrator)

32 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography childrens science informative lighthearted medium-paced
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In the Middle Ages, people believed that insects were evil, born from mud in a process called spontaneous generation. Maria Merian was only a child, but she disagreed. She watched carefully as caterpillars spun themselves cocoons, which opened to ...

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