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RATCATCHER’S DAY
THIS DAY IN GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY
On July 22, 1376, legend holds that the “Pied Piper,” a ratcatcher, led more than a hundred children out of their homes in Hamelin, Germany, never to be seen again.
“And so long after what happened here
274 “On the Twenty-second of July,
275 “Thirteen hundred and seventy-six:”
Summer Birds
Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian
By Margarita Engle
Illustrated by Julie Paschkis
In 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 time to observe and learn, and in so doing disproved a theory that went all the way back to ancient Greece.
C Cat
Cat the hunter, the devil, the sorcerer, the incarnation of evil, exists side with the creature of angelic grace, the protector of the hearth, the hero of countless adventures.
