HarpGriffin reviewed The girl who drew butterflies by Joyce Sidman
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1 star
Badly laid out and infuriatingly inaccurate about life in Early Modern Europe. Hagiography that does a disservice to its audience.

Joyce Sidman: Girl Who Drew Butterflies (2022, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)
160 pages
English language
Published Dec. 3, 2022 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself.
Badly laid out and infuriatingly inaccurate about life in Early Modern Europe. Hagiography that does a disservice to its audience.