How Merian is being rediscovered, from the New York TimesĪn overview of Merian’s life from The Atlantic magazineĪn international group open to anyone interested in Merian studies. Garden State Teen Book Award Winner in Nonfiction New York Public Library’s Top Ten Best Books of 2018 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, Honorable Mention An adventurer who journeyed far and wide in search of the truth of metamorphosis.ĭive into this fully-illustrated account of her life, bursting with art, history and juicy details. A scientist before there were scientists. Only a very sharp-eyed and persistent person would be able to uncover such an extraordinary process, and only a person with artistic skill could document it in living color.Īn artist at a time when women weren’t allowed to be. These “worms” were considered pests, and no one connected them to the beautiful “summer birds” that sailed through the air.
There were no books describing this process, or Monarch kits to send away for. How would they have known? Caterpillars are small, and their metamorphosis took place in hidden places. Everyone knows that butterflies come from caterpillars, right?
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