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Nema and the Xenos: A Story of Soil Cycles by Ailsa Wild; Aviva Reed; Briony Barr (Illustrator); Gregory Crocetti; Patricia Stock
Category: Picture Books | Series: Small Friends Books
The tale of a tiny worm, the bacteria that live inside her, and a tree being munched on by a grub. This is a story about tiny creatures that live in the darkness of the soil. When a tree cries out in pain, some unexpected heroes come to the rescue. Nema and her gang of young nematodes (tiny worms) embar ...Show more
The Forest in the Tree: How Fungi Shape the Earth by Ailsa Wild, Aviva Reed, Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti
Category: Education | Series: Small Friends Bks.
Age range 8 to 12This is a story about trees and fungi connected through a 'wood wide web' — told by one tiny fungal spore.A little fungus meets a baby cacao tree and they learn to feed each other. They cooperate with a forest of plants and a metropolis of microbes in the soil. But when drought strikes ...Show more
The Squid, the Vibrio and the Moon by Ailsa Wild; Aviva Reed; Briony Barr; Gregory Crocetti; Linda Blackall
Category: Nature | Series: Small Friends Books
This book is about a symbiotic relationship. It tells the story of a Bobtail squid and the bacteria that help it glow in the moonlight. First we meet Ali, an intrepid Vibrio fischeri bacterium determined to reach safety. Then we meet Sepio, a baby Bobtail squid who is still unable to glow. His dark shap ...Show more
Zobi and the Zoox: A Story of Coral Bleaching by Ailsa Wild; Aviva Reed; Briony Barr; Gregory Crocetti
Category: Education | Series: Small Friends Books
With her home under threat from a warming ocean, Zobi, a brave rhizobia bacterium, teams up with a family of slow but steady zoox (zooxanthellae). As the coral bleaches, everyone begins to starve...Can Zobi and the zoox work together to save the day?This beautifully illustrated science-adventure story, ...Show more
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