This playful, interactive introduction to microbes invites readers to travel with Min, an E. coli microbe, to the pages of a book, front tooth, shirt, and belly button. Microscope photographs reveal the familiar locations as unrecognizable terrain, each hosting their own microbe population. Min is joined at each destination by another microbe, including streptococcus, fungus, and corynebacterium, all represented as comic caricatures. Humor and facts work together in this clever primer for young scientists. (Ages 4–8)

In this interactive children’s picture book, microbiologist Idan Ben-Barak and award-winning illustrator Julian Frost zoom in on the microscopic world found on everyday objects—and in our bodies—warning readers Do Not Lick This Book.

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 of your shirt.