Mike Barfield

Meet the Invisibles

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Imprint: Buster Books

Publication date: 10/09/2026

ISBN: 9781837250707

Age: 9-11 years

Subject: Non-Fiction

Category: Buster Reference

Binding: Paperback

Size: 280 x 216 mm

Extent: 96 pages

Illustration: Full colour

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

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.

Also available in the series:
9781780559179 Planet Earth: My Life So Far

Sales points:

  • By Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley, the award-winning writer-illustrator duo behind the ‘A Day in the Life of’ series of books, which sold over 150,000 copies in the English language alone and has been translated into over 25 languages worldwide.

  • The follow-up to ‘Planet Earth: My Life So Far’, also by Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley, translated in over 10 languages

  • Fun comic strips, simple diagrams and colourful art are all used in the book to make science simple, understandable and fun for young readers at Key Stage 2 in the UK curriculum.

  • The book is divided into three chapters: Only Natural (Living Things), What’s the Matter (Chemistry) and Hi Energy (Physics)

About the Author:

Mike Barfield

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.

About the Illustrator:

Jess Bradley

Jess Bradley is an illustrator and comic artist from Torquay. As well as writing and drawing for The Phoenix, she also writes for The Beano and illustrates a variety of children’s books. She has created puzzle and activity and comic books for various publishers, including contributing to Usborne’s bestselling Write and Draw Your Own Comics. Her work for Buster Books includes the Bright Sparks series, I Heart Cute Colouring and the laugh-out-loud A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You.

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