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The World Underground
Discover The World Beneath Your Feet
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Discover the world beneath your feet ... This book journeys from Earth’s core to the pipes and tunnels rumbling beneath us. Meet the amazing animals that carve out lives below our planet’s surface – from burrowing owls and moles to gopher tortoises and wombats – and...
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A beautifully illustrated journey through our underground world, as experienced by animals, humans and plants.
A beautifully illustrated journey through our underground world, as experienced by animals, humans and plants.
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Discover the world beneath your feet ...
This book journeys from Earth’s core to the pipes and tunnels rumbling beneath us. Meet the amazing animals that carve out lives below our planet’s surface – from burrowing owls and moles to gopher tortoises and wombats – and learn about the incredible relationship between tree roots and fungi. Explore underground houses and remote caves, and uncover buried cities and mysterious catacombs.
This engaging, entertaining and educational children’s reference book explains how things work under the ground, from the wildlife you didn’t even know was there to the science of soil. Discover fun facts about the history of ancient humans, caves, archaeological digs, and the myths and legends that have built up around them.
Written by award-winning author Ben Lerwill and brought to life by Paula Bossio’s beautifully quirky illustrations, The World Underground takes readers on an evocative and fact-filled journey through our hidden, underground planet.
Also available in the series:
9781780559339 The World at Night
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781837251285
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 24 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Buster Books
Illustration: Full colour
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Paula Bossio
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 216.0mm
Height: 280.0mm
Weight: 633g
Pages: 96
About the Author
Ben Lerwill is a multi-award winning travel writer and children’s author. His work has appeared in titles such as National Geographic Traveller, BBC Travel, the Sunday Times and the Guardian. In 2021 he was named Specialist Travel Writer of the Year – one of eight awards to his name – and in 2022 he was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Children’s Nature Writing. Ben's many successful children's books include Around the World in 80 Trees, WildLives, Wild Cities, One Moment in Time and One World, Many Colours.
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