Zobi and the Zoox: A Story of Coral Bleaching

With her home under threat from a warming ocean, Zobi, a brave rhizobia bacterium, teams up with a family of slow but steady Zoox (zooxanthellae). As the coral bleaches, everyone begins to starve...

Can Zobi and the Zoox work together to save the day?

This beautifully illustrated science-adventure story, set on the Great Barrier Reef, was originally published in 2015, but has been extensively re-written and revised to delight and captivate primary-school aged readers.

Zobi and the Zoox: A Story of Coral Bleaching is the first in the new Small Friends Books series – Stories of Partnership and Cooperation in Nature.

Features:

• A beautifully illustrated science-adventure story, set on the Great Barrier Reef
• Accurate scientific text, created in collaboration with coral scientists
• Engages children in the invisible world of microbes
• An extensively re-worked edition of an original book published in 2015
• The Small Friends Books series combines cutting-edge scientific research, rich narrative and beautiful illustrations to tell stories that describe symbiotic partnerships between microbes and larger life forms.

44 pages (28 pages story + 16 pages science)

ISBN: 9781486309603

The Squid, the Vibrio & the Moon

A story about the symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the bioluminescent bacteria that help it glow in the moonlight.

40 pages (28 pages story + 12 pages science)

ISBN: 9781486309894

Nema and the Xenos: A Story of Soil Cycles

The tale of a tiny nematode worm, the bacteria that live inside her, and a tree being munched on by a grub.

ISBN: 9781486312177

48 pages (32 pages story + 16 pages science)

The Forest in the Tree: How Fungi Shape the Earth

Told by a fungal spore, this story explores the hidden relationships between plants, fungi and bacteria.

48 pages (32 pages story + 16 pages science)

ISBN: 9781486313310