![]() ![]() (Don’t worry, although microbes sometimes make you sick, the ones that live in you and on you all the time help to keep you well). Right now there are more microbes living on your skin than there are people on Earth, and there are ten or even a hundred times as many as that in your tummy. They reproduce extremely fast, doubling their number every twenty minutes. Copyright: Emily Suttonĭo you know that there are creatures so tiny that millions could fit on this ant’s antenna? So tiny that we’d have to make the ant’s antenna as big as a whale to show them to you? Copyright: Emily Sutton Copyright: Emily Suttonĭespite the fact that they are invisible, microbes are everywhere – in the sea, on land, in the soil, in the air, and even on our skin or inside our body. Having no doubt that the young readers already know a lot about big animals and tiny creatures, Nicola Davies complements their knowledge with an invitation to explore the world of micro-organisms, ingeniously combining scientific facts with great narrative skills. Nicola Davies’s book, beautifully illustrated by Emily Sutton introduces children to the fascinating world of microbes. ![]()
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