Misunderstood Minibeasts – serie

In the land of hard-workers, meet the world’s laziest ant! From architecture to farming, explore how amazing ant-work can be.The other ants think Anita is lazy, but she just can’t decide what job she wants to do. When her sister takes her to the colony job fair, Anita discovers all the types of work that go on inside and around the anthill. Then she sets off on an exotic adventure to meet worker-ants from around the world. Did you know ants were the world’s first farmers, and they can build their own boats? Reporting back on her travels, Anita accidentally, finds her perfect role – newspaper correspond-ant.

Have you ever heard of a worker ant who can’t decide what job she wants to do? From architecture to farming, explore how amazing ant life can be!The other ants think Anita is lazy, but she just can’t decide what job she wants to do. When her sister takes her to the colony job fair, Anita discovers all the types of work that go on inside and around the anthill. Then she sets off on an exotic adventure to meet worker-ants from around the world. Did you know ants were the world’s first farmers, and they can build their own boats? Reporting back on her travels, Anita accidentally, finds her perfect role – newspaper correspond-ant.

Join Stevie, the world’s grumpiest slug, in slug self-esteem class to find out why you shouldn’t squash these amazing creatures!His name isn’t “Yuck!” or “Ew!”, it’s Stevie, the world’s grumpiest slug. It’s time for slime.Being called rude names by humans has made slug Stevie super-grumpy, so his mum sends him to Slug Self-Esteem Class. Stevie discovers why he and his slimy kin are actually kind of amazing: they can regrow bits of themselves, their slime is liquid crystal and their climbing skills are better than Spiderman. The first in this series about creatures humans often try to squash!

Constantly on the look-out for being swatted, trapped or eaten, Frank the fly is fed up. He’s angry. Luckily, Uncle Freddo gives him a way to channel that anger … Fly Club, a secret supervillain organisation that has one aim: overthrow then enemies of the flies. Discover why you should never underestimate these bothersome bugs.Flies might seem like a minor annoyance in the summer, but you are underestimating these flying fiends – flies are actually the most deadly insects on the planet! Join Frank as he discovers the mafia-like underworld of flies and finds out all about their special qualities. There is also a wall of shame for those flies who – horror of horrors! – are actually quite helpful to humans.This is the third book in the award-winning Misunderstood Minibeasts series, that uses a bugs-eye-view and a huge dollop of storytelling humour to bring the world of these incredible creatures to life.