The Bug Girl: Maria Merian's Scientific Vision

by Sarah Glenn Marsh

Book Overview

The amazing story of a curious girl who became a pioneer in the field of entomology and scientific illustration.

Maria Sibylla Merian was fascinated with insects. But when Maria was a girl in the mid-1600s, superstitions about bugs prevented most people from taking a close look. People thought bugs were evil--and anyone interested in such creatures was surely evil too. That didn't stop Maria. Filled with curiosity, she began to study...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807592579
• ISBN13: 9780807592571
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3