This book is great! It's a children's book, but I would consider it to be pretty information dense. I would hope that it would lead kids to want to explore more related to rot and decomposition. It has a few different activities in the back that are also very fun and encourage exploration and learning. I both really enjoyed the illustration and wished it was more realistic. Like I said, I think this style would get kids really interested and then encourage them to seek out more scientific information. I would buy this for a middle schooler.