Monstrous Microbes

Marc Van Ranst & Geert Bouckaert, illustrations Sebastiaan Van Doninck

Everything on brave bacteria and vile viruses An indispensable book for children in these extraordinary times

More than 15,000 copies sold

Discover everything about bacteria and viruses in this book. Learn how a vaccine works, but also what microbes are useful for humans.

And get answers to questions like: Why do you have to wash your hands before eating? Is the coronavirus the meanest virus in existence? Are there male and female bacteria? Which viruses has man conquered? What are antibiotics?

And become a microbiologist yourself: grow your own bacteria and do the trick with the potato.

200 x 250 mm | 64 pages | 12,700 words full colour illustrations | hardcover | age group: 7+ Spanish, Catalan, German, Polish and Simplified Chinese rights sold

Marc Van Ranst is head of the Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology (Rega Institute) at the KU Leuven. Before that, he worked at, among others, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Geert Bouckaert is a writer, journalist and television producer. Over the past ten years he has written acclaimed contributions for newspapers and magazines and has worked on more than 40 TV shows. Sebastiaan Van Doninck is a successful illustrator of children’s books and magazines and has numerous picture books to his name. His work has been rewarded with a Boekenpluim and a Vlag en Wimpel.