Last month, from 18 to 24 November, was World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2024. This month, the festive season is fast approaching. The perfect opportunity to (re)discover ‘Les Minicrobes’ collection of books?
‘Les Minicrobes’ is a collection of 12 stories that explain microbes and infections to children through the adventures of two siblings: Marius and Alice.
This collection of children’s books on infectious diseases was launched last year by Dr Julie Lourtet-Hascoët, a microbiologist at the Hôpital Bichat – Claude Bernard in Paris and a member of the SPILF (a partner in the PROMISE project), and Olivia Agostini, a freelance graphic designer and illustrator. New volumes have been added this year.
The books deal with the main paediatric infectious diseases, conveying public health messages in an educational and entertaining way. Each story presents a bacterium, a virus or a parasite associated with its pathology: Pasteurella and the bite, Streptococa and angina, and so on.
As well as demystifying microbes, ‘Les Minicrobes’ uses popularised medical language for children aged 5 to 11 and their parents. What’s more, this collection can also be used by health professionals (human, animal or environmental) to communicate and raise awareness about the proper use of antibiotics – but not only.
With the festive season just around the corner, it’s a good time to (re)discover ‘Les Minicrobes’!
- View the collection on the Grrr…art publishing websitt
- The new Instagram account for the ‘Les Minicrobes’ collection
