Introducing...Zobi and the Zoox: A Story of Coral Bleaching

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ZOBI AND THE ZOOX: A STORY OF CORAL BLEACHING
With her home under threat from a warming ocean, Zobi, a brave rhizobia bacterium, teams up with a family of 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.

Written by Ailsa Wild
Illustrated by Aviva Reed
Created by Briony Barr & Dr Gregory Crocetti
(Scale Free Network: Art-Science Collaborative)
Co-published in Australia with CSIRO Publishing.

Zobi and the Zoox is part of the Small Friends Books series: Stories of Partnership & Cooperation in Nature. The Small Friends Books series combines cutting-edge scientific research, rich narrative and beautiful illustrations to tell stories that describe symbiotic partnerships between microbes and larger life forms.

"A very important and beautifully illustrated story about coral reef biology and coral bleaching... Whilst the story is probably pitched at the 4–8 age group, the science section is so comprehensive and includes such complex and sophisticated concepts, that I think it could easily be a reference for older primary (and maybe early high school) children (unless they are completely across their marine biochemistry). The artwork in this book is beautiful, full of detail with lots of informative labels and captions to learn from…and the endpapers are stunning and need to be made into wallpaper!"
Dr Sam Lloyd, Children's Books Daily (blog), 19 September 2018

"I felt like I was a piece of coral and I was just watching all these little things going on in the mucus. I really felt like I was a part of it."
Bodhi Harper, 11

"Zobi and the Zoox is exquisite."
Robyn Williams, ABC Science Show

"It’s not always easy to tell such a complicated nature story, but this book does a great job of making kids feel as if they’re there on the reef with Zobi and her friends, facing the challenges our corals face..."
Wildlife Australia, Spring 2018

Book Trailer Production Credits:
Narrated by Ailsa Wild
Soundtrack by Brainbeau
Edited by Raechel Harding

The creative development of the Zobi and the Zoox was supported by Creative Victoria and the Australian Society for Microbiology. Both video and book were produced on Wurundjeri country (Melbourne, Australia).

Small Friends Books: smallfriendsbooks.com
Scale Free Network: scalefreenetwork.com.au

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