Title: The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science
Format: Clothbound Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Author: Joyce Sidman
Illustrator: Maria Merian
Copyright Year: 2008
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Condition: Minor cover and spine wear noted especially around the edges of the dust jacket. No torn or missing pages noted. There are two inscriptions written on the half title page. No other writing noted. This edition is tightly bound. Aside from the inscription, this book appears in like-new condition.
This book won The Robert F. Sibert Medal - this medal is awarded annually to the writer and illustrator of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois.
It is also a Junior Literary Guild Selection.
