Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes

　　說到微生物，很多人會先想到讓人生病的細菌、流感病毒、SARS等等，但其實只有少數的微生物會讓人生病，大多數的微生物有不同的神奇力量，會幫助你保持健康、把牛奶變成優格，或是把石頭變成土壤……等等。

　　微生物小到肉眼看不見，長相卻各不相同，有的圓圓的，有的形狀像貝殼，有的還帶著扭來扭去的尾巴。它們無所不在，從空氣中、海洋裡、火山口、到你家冰箱都可以發現它們的蹤影，連我們的皮膚上、肚子裡都有驚人的數量，和你我的生活息息相關。

　　這本書帶你看見微生物的長相、如何吃東西、繁殖的方式，和它們的特殊能力，大人和小孩讀來都是一本有趣的入門書，看見小小微生物的大世界！


英美各大書評媒體星級推薦

　　這一本美麗、讓人讚嘆的圖畫書，表現了「小生物」的力量。──美國《書單雜誌》星級推薦
　　以美麗但簡單的語言敘述了微生物的故事，圖畫優雅又富有知識性，讓小讀者們走進科學。──英國《每日電訊報書評》（Daily Telegraph）
　　用精準的描述、和迷人的插畫，表現了自然科學的奇蹟感動。──英國《週日泰晤士報書評》（The Sunday Times）     
          
　　——中文書介摘錄自《微生物：看不見的魔術師》，上誼文化出版

"Sutton's large-scale illustrations help children to visualize microorganisms and processes that are too small to see. . . . A handsome and rewarding picture book." -- Booklist (starred review)

All around the world--in the sea, in the soil, in the air, and in your body--there are living things so tiny that millions could fit on an ant's antenna. They're busy doing all sorts of things, from giving you a cold and making yogurt to eroding mountains and helping to make the air we breathe.

Nicola Davies is a zoologist and an award-winning author whose many books for children include Surprising Sharks, Extreme Animals, and Gaia Warriors. She lives in Wales.

Emily Sutton has a degree in illustration from Edinburgh College of Art. She says, ＂Illustrating Tiny Creatures has opened my eyes to the incredible and unexpected beauty of a world so small that it can’t be seen without a microscope. I was amazed by the variety and complexity of microbes, and I loved drawing all of their intricate details and patterns.＂ She lives in York, England.