The Calliope Hummingbird is the smallest bird in the United States, but it's not so small compared to the Pygmy Blue, the smallest butterfly, or Perdita minima, an ever smaller bee. How do these tiny creatures compare to our very own skin cells, organelles, thin strands of DNA, and the strange and mysterious world of elementary particles? There's a universe within each of us, as vast and intricate as the stars above our heads.

From Jason Chin, Caldecott Medalist and multiple award-winning author and illustrator of Your Place in the Universe comes The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey, a book about the very small, from the tiniest insects to the intricate structures of the cells, molecules, and atoms that make up every human body. This deep dive into an unseen world explores the building blocks of all matter and life, demonstrating how much we have in common with everything around us.

From the dust jacket