Engle, Margarita.

Summer birds : the butterflies of Maria Merian / Margarita Engle ; pictures by Julie Paschkis. - 1st ed. - New York : Holt, 2010. - [32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

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A young girl goes against Medieval beliefs that insects are evil and secretly observes caterpillars as they form cocoons and are reborn as butterflies and moths.

3.3 Follett Library Resources K-3 K-3 Follett Library Resources

0329872427 0805089373 9780329872427 (Follett bdg.) 9780805089370 (trade : alk. paper)

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Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717 --Juvenile literature.
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.


Butterflies--Metamorphosis--Juvenile literature.
Caterpillars--Juvenile literature.
Butterflies--Metamorphosis.
Caterpillars.
Butterflies--Metamorphosis.
Caterpillars.


Picture books for children.

QL544.2 / .E54 2010

595.78/139 [E]