Meet the Invisibles
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Meet the Invisibles
Invisible Worlds invites curious readers to take a closer look at the world around us, and marvel at the huge powers behind the tiniest phenomena.
Explore the hidden secrets of our planet with award-winning duo, Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley.
From the tiny organisms thriving all around us to the invisible energy waves sending signals to our gadgets, the world is brimming with activity that we can’t see.
Some really small things can only be seen with the most powerful microscopes, while other things are just plain invisible. Did you know that hawks use ultraviolet light – invisible to humans – to see trails of wee left by mice so that they can find their next meal? Or that invisible magnetic fields are so strong they can suspend a frog in mid-air? Find out about the invisible worlds all around us, from tiny germs and bacteria to gases and gravity.
Hear directly from a flea, a grain of rice, an amoeba, a gas-filled balloon, and loads of other first-person narrators as they guide you through an incredible world that you can’t even see. Each comic page is packed with fascinating facts and big laughs, and there’s a handy glossary at the back to help with any tricky science terms.
Written in Mike Barfield’s hilarious, educational style and accompanied by Jess Bradley’s quirky and colourful comic-strip illustrations, Meet the Invisibles invites curious readers to marvel at the huge powers behind the tiniest phenomena. So pick up your magnifying glass and dive into a tiny world of microbes, atoms, radiation, microbiology, and other fascinating science facts for children.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781837250707
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Buster Books
Illustration: Full colour
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Jess Bradley
Audience: General / adult, Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 216.0mm
Height: 280.0mm
Weight: 580g
Pages: 96
About the Author
Mike Barfield has been wild about animals from an early age. His love of nature took him to King’s College London where he gained a first class honours degree in botany and zoology. After a career in comedy writing for TV and radio, he turned to creating award-winning non-fiction for children built on his love of science and finding things out. He is the winner of the Blue Peter Children’s Book Award 2021 in the ‘Best Book with Facts’ category, and has also been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association for Science Education Children’s Book Prize (twice) and the De Bary Award for Outstanding Children’s Science Books (twice).
His website can be found at www.mikebarfield.co.uk.
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