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Summer Birds: The Butterflies Of Maria Merian (2010)

by Margarita Engle(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0805089373 (ISBN13: 9780805089370)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

review 1: Hmmm…I am not quite sure what my reaction to this book is. I have always been fascinated with history, so that aspect of the book was interesting to me but overall, I just did not get into it the story. I didn’t really dislike the book either but I do think it is a bit odd that a book about this great artist would have so-so illustrations…I feel like if the illustrations could have captured the time period or showcased some of Merian’s actual art or just had some more inspiring illustrations, perhaps the concept would have felt more right…but it’s not entirely wrong either. Odd. I would recommend the book to others; I think it is just a personal preference issue. *This book could be used to discuss life cycles.
review 2: This book is for: 2-5Topic: ... moreLife Cycles & Scientific MethodReflection: This book is good for exposing children to other people's prior misconceptions about butterflies and frogs, and how scientist of long ago make discoveries through observations. Students could talk about their prior knowledge of butterflies before reading the book. What they use to think happened, what they know now, and then read the book. After reading the book see if any of their misconceptions were addressed. Great book to leap into life cycles for older students! less

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