The Small Friends Books Set
Small Friends Books By: Ailsa Wild, Aviva Reed, Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti, Linda Blackall, Patricia Stock
A pack of four children's picture books describing fascinating symbiotic relationships in nature.
Bundle and save! When you buy this set you will receive one copy of each of the following books at 20% off the RRP*:
- The Forest in the Tree: How Fungi Shape the Earth
- Nema and the Xenos: A Story of Soil Cycles
- The Squid, the Vibrio and the Moon
- Zobi and the Zoox: A Story of Coral Bleaching
The Small Friends Books series combines cutting-edge scientific research, rich narrative and beautiful illustrations to tell stories that describe symbiotic partnerships between microbes and larger life forms. Each book is also a kind of symbiosis: a collaboration between writers, scientists, artists, designers and educators.
Reading level varies from child to child, but we recommend these books for ages 8 to 12.
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The Small Friends Books series is co-published by CSIRO Publishing and Scale Free Network.
Details
Set | September 2020 | $ 79.99ISBN: SETSFB
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Colour illustrations
Features
When you buy this set you will receive one copy of each of the following four books:
- The Forest in the Tree: How Fungi Shape the Earth – the story of a little fungus and a baby cacao tree who work together to survive drought.
- Nema and the Xenos: A Story of Soil Cycles – the tale of a tiny worm, the bacteria that live inside her, and a tree being munched on by a grub.
- The Squid, The Vibrio and the Moon – a story about the symbiotic relationship between a bobtail squid and a bacterium.
- Zobi and the Zoox: A Story of Coral Bleaching – a story about coral bleaching, told by the tiniest creatures on the reef.
Authors
Ailsa Wild creates stories for theatre and paper pages. She loves collaborating with acrobats, scientists and children and her favourite question is ... But why?
Aviva Reed is a multi-disciplinary visual ecologist who creates immersive experiences to explore complex science.
Briony Barr draws on her skills as a conceptual artist to visualise complex systems and invisible worlds.
Gregory Crocetti combines his microbial ecology experience with science education skills in an attempt to teach the world that microbes are marvellous.
Linda Blackall is an environmental microbiologist at The University of Melbourne. Her main research interests are using microbes to promote environmental sustainability, understanding symbiotic associations, and generally studying microbes wherever they exist – which is everywhere!
Patricia Stock is a Professor at the University of Arizona, USA. Her expertise is in insect pathology, with a focus on parasitic nematodes. Her work centres on the diversity, evolutionary relationships and symbioses these parasites have with their eukaryotic hosts and bacterial symbiotic partners.
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