Summer Birds : The Butterflies of Maria Merian (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

from AbigailAdams26

Contrary to the popular belief of those around her, thirteen-year-old Maria Merian - a seventeenth-century German girl with a talent for painting and an inquisitive mind - did not believe that butterflies and other insects were creatures "of the devil," spawned from mud in a process known as spon...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

I have just finished Penelope Farmer's The Summer Birds" so I was excited to read this. Sure enough, the introductory note that explains that the term refers to the mysterious butterflies does illuminate the novel, as I assume Farmer is referencing the medieval superstition to help evoke her them...

from alyson

Beautiful! The illustrations are stunning and inspirational to either budding naturalists or budding artists. My only issue is the lack of images of actual paintings of Maria Merian - perhaps back with the historical note.

from skcramer

This picture-book biography introduces young readers to thirteen-year-old Maria Sibylla Merian, a naturalist and painter from the seventeenth century most famous for her studies of butterflies. Glimpses into seventeenth-century superstitions are mixed with careful explanations of creature lifecyc...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

I have just finished Penelope Farmer's The Summer Birds" so I was excited to read this. Sure enough, the introductory note that explains that the term refers to the mysterious butterflies does illuminate the novel, as I assume Farmer is referencing the medieval superstition to help evoke her them...