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This is a great book to introduce science concepts integrated with english instruction for young children

“It is not always the obvious thing that is the most interesting. You must look carefully, and you must think.”

This book is a biography of Maria Merian, a 17th-century naturalist who made important discoveries about the life cycles of insects. The story showcases her groundbreaking work and her ability to observe and document the natural world.

Title: The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science
Author: Joyce Sidman
Published: 2018
Genre: biography
Awards: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award

One of several lovely #bookmaps in this engaging #picturebook biography of 17th century Dutch naturalist and artist #MariaMerian, who spent almost 2 years in Surinam studying its plants, insects, and reptiles. Highly recommended!

Beautiful #endpapers in this #picturebook biography of naturalist #MariaMerian — part of my latest #libraryhaul

This book is a B of a pioneering entomologist and naturalist who lived a life devoted to discovery! This book would be good for a GR and won‘t the Robert F. Sibert Medal! https://www.joycesidman.com/books/the-girl-who-drew-butterfli/girlwhodrewbutterf... the udl principal 2.2 clarify syntax and structure and EL 14 simply your speech by making it slower and redundant would go well with the link because there are questions to ask

Our library reading challenge this month is to read a science book. September‘s book club book is The Girl Who Drew Butterflies. The county has this book listed in their 8th grade summer reading list and it‘s also a choice for the upcoming Books for the Beast in Baltimore. So...I picked it up, and found it so intriguing, I took photos of a moth in my yard and compared pictures of said moth with a neighbor who also took pictures! I learned so much!

🦋 The Girl Who Drew Butterflies is a B tell that tells the story of Maria Sibylla Merian, a self-taught artist in the 17th century who was the first person to document the metamorphosis of a butterfly. While this is considered a picture book, there is a lot of information so an older audience would be better. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies would integrate science into reading time. #LAE3414sp19

This middle grade biography of early entomologist Maria Merian is a great choice for kids interested in nature and budding feminists. The sections are structured like a butterfly‘s life cycle, a process that Merian helped document in a way that hadn‘t been done before. At that time lots of people thought that insects literally spontaneously occurred!

This is a gorgeously illustrated, well-researched biography about a 17th-century woman who is considered to be one of the first ecologists. The book may be geared to tweens but it‘s for everyone. More on this & other science books https://www.bethfishreads.com/2018/06/3-excellent-books-for-budding-young.html?m...