Back in 2007 I wrote this book about microbes. It had surprisingly little to do with disease. The US version came out a little later and won the 2010 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, YA category.

‘Wonderfully informative and entertaining’ Publishers Weekly

‘Readers will find his chatty and humorous text offers a fun way to acquire a vast store of intriguing details about the small wonders that inhabit our world and our bodies.’ Science