What Lives Under the Carpet? (What Lives S.)

You may think you're alone in your house, but have you ever wondered who - or what - else might be sharing your living space? Discover a host of unwelcome bed-fellows as you wade through the hairy, scary, creepy-crawly world of 'What Lives Under the Carpet?' The 'What Lives' series introduces kids aged 8-12 to the fascinating domain of bugs and insects. The books are illustrated with magnified colour pictures and scanning electron micrographs and are written in a grippingly gruesome style. Fact boxes highlight important and extraordinary buggy facts from around the world, while games and quizzes test how much knowledge readers have absorbed.

John Woodward is a professional writer, specializing in wildlife and geology. He has a particular interest in insects, spiders and other creepy-crawlies, much to the dismay of his family who have to live with them!