Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes

10 best books like Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes (Nicola Davies): Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, Parrots Over Puerto Rico, Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives, The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation (Environmental Science for Kids, The Environment and You for Kids, Conservation for Kids), Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos, Pink Is for Blobfish: Discovering the World's Perfectly Pink Animals, Giant Squid, Eye to Eye: How Animals See The World, How to Be an Elephant

Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

Author

Laurie Ann Thompson

Genre: Biography, picture book
Recommended Grade Levels: K-3
Themes: Perseverance, empowerment, disabilities
Summary:
This is a true story about a boy named Emmanuel, who was born in a small village in Ghana, West Africa. Emmanuel was born with one healthy leg and one leg that...

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Author	Margot Lee Shetterly
ISBN	0062742469

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really good.

They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a...

Parrots Over Puerto Rico

Author	Susan L. Roth
ISBN	1620140047

Above the treetops of Puerto Rico flies a flock of parrots as green as their island home. . . . These are Puerto Rican parrots. They lived on this island for millions of years, and then they nearly vanished from the earth forever.

Puerto Rican parrots, once abundant, came perilously close to extinction...

Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives

Author	Lola M. Schaefer
ISBN	1452107149

In one lifetime, a caribou will shed 10 sets of antlers, a woodpecker will drill 30 roosting holes, a giraffe will wear 200 spots, a seahorse will birth 1,000 babies.

Count each one and many more while learning about the wondrous things that can happen in just one lifetime. This extraordinary...

The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation (Environmental Science for Kids, The Environment and You for Kids, Conservation for Kids)

Author	Kate Messner
ISBN	1452133506

All it takes is one:
One coral gamete to start a colony
One person to make a difference
One idea to change the world

The ongoing efforts to save and rebuild the world's coral reefs--with hammer and glue, and grafts of newly grown coral--are the living legacy of Ken Nedimyer.

Kate...

Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos

Author	Stephanie Roth Sisson
ISBN	1596439602

For every child who has ever looked up at the stars and asked, "What are they?" comes the story of a curious boy who never stopped wondering: Carl Sagan.

When Carl Sagan was a young boy he went to the 1939 World's Fair and his life was changed forever. From that day on he never stopped marveling at...

Pink Is for Blobfish: Discovering the World's Perfectly Pink Animals

Author	Jess Keating
ISBN	0553512285

Pinkalicious meets National Geographic in this nonfiction picture book introducing the weirdest, wildest, pinkest critters in the animal kingdom!
Some people think pink is a pretty color. A fluffy, sparkly, princess-y color. But it's so much more.
Sure, pink is the color of princesses...

Giant Squid

Author	Candace Fleming
ISBN	1596435992

The giant squid is one of the most elusive creatures in the world. As large as whales, they hide beyond reach deep within the sea, forcing scientists to piece together their story from those clues they leave behind.

An injured whale's ring-shaped scars indicate an encounter with a giant squid....

Eye to Eye: How Animals See The World

Author	Steve Jenkins
ISBN	0547959079

In his eye-popping work of picture book nonfiction, the Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins explains how for most animals, eyes are the most important source of information about the world in a biological sense. The simplest eyes—clusters of light-sensitive...

How to Be an Elephant

Author	Katherine Roy
ISBN	1626721785

The savanna is not an easy place to live, even for African elephants, the largest land animals on earth. If it's a challenge for these 7,000-pound giants, what's it like for their newborn babies?

An infant elephant has precious little time to learn the incredible array of skills that are necessary...

What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

Author	Steve Jenkins
ISBN	0439703840

This is a nice little fact book for beginners. Each page reveals a group of animal parts and asks a question. The next page shows each animal and what is special about that tail or ear or nose, etc.

I think the artwork was interesting and they chose some fun animals. Children that love animals will...