BACTERIA–IT'S EVERYWHERE

Cocci, Spirilla & Other Bacteria 

by Steve Parker

Compass Points Books, 2010

Kingdom Classification Series

Grades 4-6

"It's all around us—in the air, soil, and water, in our homes and buildings, in cars, trains, ships, and planes, and in every dark corner you can imagine. Yet we cannot see it. The microscopic world is everywhere, but it is strange and unfamiliar. It's home to living things that are so unusual and different from bigger animals and plants that they could be mistaken for aliens...