Who runs the world? It's bugs, actually!

Rad Bugs

Brain Worms, Ticks that Cure Cancer, and Other Tiny Marvels

by Karyn Light-Gibson (Author)

Get acquainted with the little creepy crawlies who make our world go 'round in this enthusiastic and informative love letter to the beauty of bugs. Did you know that for every human on Earth, there are 1.4 billion insects? While humans around the globe treat bugs like pests or threats, we would be lost without them! Bugs support the food chain, pollinate the plants we eat, and decompose the stuff we don’t want—and have been key players in countless key and kooky episodes of human history.

SUBJECT: Microcosm / Science / Animals

PUBLICATION: Mar 10, 2026

PRICE: $14.99

ISBN: 9781648415951

FORMAT: 192 pp, 5.5x7", paperback

WHOLESALE: Standard

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ART: b&w illustrations

Marketing Notes

Karyn Light-Gibson's first book with Microcosm, Bug Life, was a handselling favorite to trade and specialty stores
Great for armchair entomologists, fact-lovers, and anyone curious about the insect world
Yes, this book covers brain worms

Karyn Light-Gibson is an educator and artist who lives in Colorado. She has written numerous zines about invertebrates and a book, Bug Life: How Bees, Spiders, Worms, and Other Insects Rule the World. Her art and writing lay at the intersection of nature, education, and culture.

A small, innovative publishing house, Microcosm Publishing specializes in work designed to make the reader feel good about being alive, take an active role in bettering their life, and impact the world around them. Microcosm has developed a reputation for teaching self-empowerment, showing hidden histories, and fostering creativity through challenging conventional publishing wisdom with books and zines about DIY skills, food, politics, and art. Our books are printed in the USA.