If you’ve been wondering why it’s been a little quiet over here at The Microbial Menagerie, it’s because of a new project I’ve started a few months ago: Baby Storm.
Since then, I’ve amassed a small collection of microbiology books for babies and kids (as well as some other science books). Check them out below! (If you’re also looking for microbiology books for grown-ups, check out my microbiology reading list).
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Wonderful World of the Small: A First Book of Microbiology
This book takes you on a journey under the microscope to the world of microorganisms. Each page is dedicated to a different microbe and is full of basic facts about microbiology. The facts are integrated into the illustrations (think: infographic style, but better) and is definitely something I would have loved reading as a child.
Get a behind the scenes look at the book in this Q&A with the author Lindsey Millar.
I love how cute the bacteria look in this book! The first part of the book gives an overview of bacteria and the microbiome and the last half goes into the basics about antibiotics.
This book includes a simple explainer of what germs are and how they spread.
The beginning starts off with the main character being terrified of all the fungus around. But the last part discusses the positives that fungi can have on our lives and on our ecosystem. The book ends with a Q&A with author and mycologist Joy Keller.
A confession to make: I have never read Goodnight Moon. But, I love Goodnight Lab. This is Storm’s bedtime book and we love saying good night to all the things in the lab. My favorite part of this book is saying goodnight to the “grumpy old professor shouting publish.”
Just look the evolution of a pacifier on the cover! The process of evolution is demonstrated in this book using a ball that can fall through a hole but eventually “mutates” into one that doesn’t fall through the whole.
Other Biology Books for Kids and Babies
The Little Biologist – High Contrast Baby Book for Newborns 0-12 Months
For prospective gut microbiologists, Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi and The Gas We Pass (The story of farts) by Shinta Cho
Thank you! We will have to get these… talking about poop is very “on brand” for our household.
I was our music librarian in high school, and somehow Everyone Poops managed to sneak its way into the music library system. I truly don’t know who was responsible for that, but it was amazing.