Do not lick this book

WINNER: CBCA Book of the Year, Eve Pownall Information Book Award, 2018

Min is a microbe. She is small. Very small. In fact so small that you'd need to look through a microscope to see her. Or you can simply open this book and take Min on an adventure to amazing places she's never seen before - like the icy glaciers of your tooth or the twisted, tangled jungle that is your shirt.

The perfect book for anyone who wants to take a closer look at the world.

Winner of Australian Book Industry Awards 2018 (Australia)
Winner of Eve Pownall Information Book Award 2018
Winner of shortlist announced 1 April 2018
Short-listed for Children's Picture Book of the Year 2018 (Australia)
Short-listed for UKLA Book Awards 2019
Long-listed for CBCA Book of the Year 2019

I know this doesn't sound the most exciting subject but it truly is superb and it takes a really difficult concept and explains it perfectly and in a way that the children really engaged with... It does a truly excellent job of mixing quite complex scientific concepts and facts into a fun and engaging read. The use of microscope photography is a stroke of genius as it really makes the children (and me!) go 'wow' when they realise what they are looking at... this books introduces and explains [microbes] in a really fun and engaging way.

The photography is amazing; the interactive elements will really draw children in to the book, and they will marvel at what they see.

Idan Ben-Barak holds a BSc in medical science, an MSc in microbiology, and a PhD in the history and philosophy of science. His first book, Small Wonders: How Microbes Rule Our World has been published around the world and won the 2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F (Science Books and Films) Prize for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult category. An excerpt from his most recent book, Why Aren't We Dead Yet? The Survivor's Guide to the Immune System, was runner-up in the 2015 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing. Idan lives in Melbourne with his wife and two children.

Julian Frost is an illustrator, designer and animator. Julian received worldwide acclaim for his animation 'Dumb Ways to Die' which has had close to 150 million views since it was uploaded on YouTube in 2012. With his illustration work for kids, Julian loves using likeable silliness in the service of communicating serious information. He lives in Melbourne.

A brilliantly simple, funny, interactive picture book that introduces children to the strange, unseen world of microbes all around them by the award-winning author of Small Wonders and the animator of the insanely successful video 'Dumb Ways to Die' featuring scanning electron microscope images by Linnea Rundgren. WINNER: CBCA Book of the Year, Eve Pownall Information Book Award, 2018 Min is a microbe. She is small. Very small. In fact so small that you'd need to look through a microscope to see her. Or you can simply open this book and take Min on an adventure to amazing places she's never seen before - like the icy glaciers of your tooth or the twisted, tangled jungle that is your shirt. The perfect book for anyone who wants to take a closer look at the world.

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