Please Don't Bite Me: Insects that Buzz, Bite and Sting - Hardcover

Nazzy Pakpour

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1838740902 ISBN 13: 9781838740900

Publisher: Flying Eye Books, 2023

Synopsis

Ever wondered how mosquitoes find you? Or how wasps can build nests up to 5m wide? Or how fleas can jump 150 times their own height? These questions and more are answered in this book that explores the lives of some of the most irritating buzzing, biting and stinging insects. Teaching readers that perhaps these pesky insects might not be so bad after all.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Nazzy Pakpour is a queer Iranian-American mother of two witty and wonderful kids. She grew up and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Dr. Pakpour loves bugs of all varieties, whether they are six-legged or microscopic. She received her Bachelors of Science in Entomology from the University of California Davis and her PhD in Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology from University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Pakpour loves teaching and worked for a number of years as a professor before moving to the biotech sector. She currently works as a scientist at Novozymes where she researches how to use microbes to build a more sustainable future.

Owen Davey is a freelance illustrator, living and working from Leicester, UK. He graduated with a First Class Degree in Illustration from Falmouth University and his work has since been published in every continent except Antarctica, including picture books in UK, America, Australia, Germany, France, Portugal, China & Korea. He has also worked for some impressive clients including the New York Times, Microsoft, and Orange.

Edition details

• Publisher: Flying Eye Books
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1838740902
• ISBN 13: 9781838740900
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Owen Davey
• Number of pages: 64