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Do not lick this book* : *it's full of germs / Idan Ben-Barak and Julian Frost ; scanning electron microsope images by Linnea Rundgren.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2017.Description: 32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781760293055
Other title:
  • Do not lick this book
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.92 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.B46 Do 2017
Awards:
  • 2018 Children?s Book Council Shortlist.
  • Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (CBCA) ? 2018 ? Shortlisted.
Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Australian Children's Books
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Junior collection BEN Available 068466
Total reserves: 0

Premier's Reading Challenge Year 3- 4.

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.

Preschool.

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.

2018 Children?s Book Council Shortlist.

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (CBCA) ? 2018 ? Shortlisted.

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