All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World
Lori Alexander, illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger Houghton Miffl in Harcourt Books for Young Readers
This chapter-book biography follows self-taught scientist Antony van Leeuwenhoek as he builds a powerful microscope and becomes the first person to observe microbial life. It explains that microbes occur in soil, oceans, snow, and human bodies, revealing an often unseen living world. The book also describes how van Leeuwenhoek’s microscope enlarged that world to an extraordinary scale and expanded scientific understanding.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 2 editions from 3 organizations.
