Inside Your Insides

By Claire Eamer, Marie-Eve Tremblay (illustrator),

Book cover of Inside Your Insides: A Guide to the Microbes That Call You Home

Book description

“Wherever you go, tiny hitchhikers tag along for the ride,” this intriguing illustrated nonfiction book begins. “The hitchhikers are actually microbes --- tiny living things so small that you need a microscope to see them. And every person carries around trillions and trillions of these critters.” Six of the most…

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1 author picked Inside Your Insides as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Inside Your Insides does a nice job of taking a journey through the body and exploring which microbes live at the stops along the way.

After a brief intro into the microbiome and a distinction between helpful (“Some Of Your Microbes Are Good Guys”) and harmful (“Some of Your  Microbes Are Bad Guys”) little fellas, the book focuses on different areas of the body: skin, mouth, lungs, gut… and dives into information and anecdotes about the microbes that call that region home.

Playful germ-jokes and fun-facts dance along the edges of the pages and the book closes out with tips…

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