Overview
"READY-OR-NOT-HERE-I-COME."The boy listens.
The girl is getting closer.
Suddenly, there's another sound.
A droning buzz.
Something else is looking for the boy.
The seeker is a mosquito, Culex pipiens, and her search is a matter of life and death. She must find food—blood—to nourish the hundreds of tiny eggs inside her body.
Black-and-white photographs show the children's game of hide-and-seek, while astonishing micrographs show Culex and her world as seen through an electron microscope. Zoom in for a close-up view: A blade of grass looks like a menacing field of spines. A mosquito's eye becomes a bundle of tightly packed tubes.
Discover the life story of a mosquito from a truly larger-than-life point of view.
The book, Mosquito Bite [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781570915918 in Hardcover by Alexandra Siy may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
Format:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
07/01/2005
ISBN-10:
1570915911
ISBN-13:
9781570915918
Pages:
32
Publisher:
Charlesbridge
