Earth's Smallest Superheroes – serie

Packed with science, this title is a celebration of these chubby, eight-legged, moss dwelling, microscopic creatures that have incredible survival skills. Scientists have frozen tardigrades, boiled them, dried them, and even sent them into space with no air and extreme levels of radiation—and they survived! Discover how scientists are studying tardigrades to learn more about the origins of life on Earth and how their survival skills could be used in human medicine. Using cool, superhero references, fantastic photos, 3D artwork, and microscope imagery, this book is a high-interest, non-fiction read for fans of science, nature, and factual books.

Embark on a fascinating flight into the worlds of honeybees, bumblebees, and solitary bees. These tiny creatures may be small, but without these buzzing superheroes, humans could not exist on Earth. Readers will meet some unusual bee species, discover how bees pollinate many of the crops we eat, see up close how a bee makes honey, and peer into a bees' nest to explore their life cycles. Stunning photos, 3D realistic artwork, and scanning electron microscope (SEM) images support the science-packed text that includes lots of laughs and some cool superhero references.

This high-interest read takes kids on a fascinating underwater dive into the world of zooplankton and phytoplankton. These living things may be small, but without these microscopic superheroes, life on Earth could not exist! Readers will meet some weird and wonderful plankton species, they will see how many marine animals begin their life cycles as plankton, they will learn how plankton are essential to all marine ecosystems and food webs, and they will discover how plankton are helping us fight climate change. Stunning photos, 3D realistic artwork, and scanning electron microscope images support the science-packed text that includes lots of laughs and some cool superhero references.