Description
With her home under threat from a warming ocean, Zobi, a brave rhizobia bacterium, teams up with a familyof slow but steady zoox (zooxanthellae). As the coral bleaches, everyone begins to starve...
Can Zobi and the zoox work together to save the day?
This beautifully illustrated science-adventure story, set on the Great Barrier Reef, was originally published in 2015, but has been extensively re-written and revised to delight and captivate primary-school aged readers.
Zobi and the Zoox: A Story of Coral Bleaching is the first in the new
Small Friends Books series – Stories of Partnership and Cooperation in Nature.
FEATURES:
- A beautifully illustrated science-adventure story, set on the Great Barrier Reef
- Combines cutting-edge scientific research, rich narrative and beautiful illustrations to tell a story about the symbiotic partnerships between microbes and larger life forms
- Extensively re-worked primary readers’ edition of the original 2015 book
*Winner of the 2019 Whitney Medal!
