The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science Manuscripts

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science ManuscriptsIn this beautiful nonfiction biography, a Robert F. Sibert Medal winner, the Newbery Honorwinning author Joyce Sidman introduces readers to one of the first female entomologists and a woman who flouted convention in the pursuit of knowledge and her passion for insects. One of the first naturalists to observe live insects directly, Maria Sibylla Merian was also one of the first to document the metamorphosis of the butterfly. Richly illustrated

The acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts introduces us to the extraordinary keepers and companions of medieval manuscripts over a thousand years of history

Our canine companions offer us friendship

The Bookstore Cat is based on a Victorian parlor game

Effie Belle's Coconut Cake (Olive Ann Burns's Cold Sassy Tree)

or create the knotwork seen in famous Celtic manuscripts

including elements such as family coats of arms

leaves Wuthering Heights

Bringing together several decades of upheaval and change

The book features works of the original creators behind the Ballets Russes’ enduring ballets

including a chapter dedicated to Morgan’s bible collection

Humpty Dumpty (Sun)

Edward Gorey leads us through this nefarious garden with a light step