Why are all the silkworms dying? Louis Pasteur longs to solve this mystery. He believes that the silkworms can show him how humans catch disease and much more. As well as lending his name to pasteurization, Louis Pasteur's work involved the study of how diseases are transmitted. The story tells how he saved the silkworm industry from doom.

 

This is volume 8 in Super Scientists .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 46 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Hachette Children's Group .

Alan Durant is an established children's author who has written several books for young adults as well as fiction for young children, picture books and poetry. He has previously compiled Red Hot Reads: Vampire Stories for Kingfisher. He lives in Surrey. David Kearney, a talented black-and-white line artist with particular expertise in sports provides a full-page, action-packed illustration for each story. Pat Thomson is a well-known author of titles for children beginning to read, particularly for her Share-A-Story titles for Puffin. She is also a part time librarian at a College of Further Education.