The hidden world of diatoms (8-10 year-olds)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/707195781/the-hidden-world-of-diatoms?ref=user_menu Emanuela Samaritani, PhD, is a scientist and mother. But showing the wonderous world of her research to her small child was impossible... Until now. She has been working on a wonderful little book called "The hidden world of diatoms", which will be part of a series of books for children in English, looking into all kinds of microorganisms. The engaging book is illustrated with beautiful pictures produced by the talented Helena Kreissel, in which the beauty of diatoms is underlined with beautiful colours. But, Emanuela wanted to use micro-photographs to show the children how these extraordinary organisms look under the microscope. To do this, she contacted Young ISDR to try and get as many images as possible, to chose some for the book, others for the webpage ( https://thehiddenworld.co.uk/young-diatomists/ ), where the educational effort will continue after the book is publishe...