The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Maynard, Christopher

Micromonsters: Life under the Microscope

48 pp. | DK | September, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-7894-4757-6 $$12.95 | Paper ISBN 0-7894-4756-8 $$3.95

(3) K-3 Eyewitness Readers series. While the many parasites that live in and around the human body--dust mites, bacteria, fleas, and lice--are usually little more than an annoyance, the detailed, close-up photographs and first-person narratives (from the parasites' perspective) give them an immediacy readers may (or may not) find fascinating. The text is geared toward independent readers and offers plenty of relevant information in an entertaining format. Glos.

Reviewer: Elizabeth Howard