Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle creation and practices add drama and

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During the summer of his twelfth year he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak

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Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle creation and practices add drama andIn the Middle Ages, people believed that insects were evil, born from mud in a process called spontaneous generation. Maria Merian was only a child, but she disagreed. She watched carefully as caterpillars spun themselves cocoons, which opened to reveal summer birds, or butterflies and moths. Maria studied the whole life cycle of the summer birds, and documented what she learned in vibrant paintings. This is the story of one young girl who took the