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Soar to New Heights
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What wonders are soaring far above your head? Come on a journey to meet the creatures who live high in the treetops, the birds that ride the wind, the people who have braved the highest mountain summits, and the stories we tell to explain the night-time's...
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See moreAn illustrated non-fiction book that explores the natural world above us, the efforts humans have made to venture high above the Earth, and the mythology about the stars. Linking seemingly diverse subject matter, it invites the reader to explore the wonder of the universe.
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What wonders are soaring far above your head? Come on a journey to meet the creatures who live high in the treetops, the birds that ride the wind, the people who have braved the highest mountain summits, and the stories we tell to explain the night-time's dazzling stars. There is a whole world in the sky, waiting to be discovered...
Selected by the CBCA on the list of Notable Books for 2024 in the Eve Pownall Award category, High is an illustrated non-fiction book that explores the natural world above us and the efforts humans have made to venture high above the Earth, from early flying machines to modern skyscrapers. Linking seemingly diverse subject matter, it invites the reader to explore the wonder of the universe.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781804536629
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 August 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Welbeck Children's Books
Illustration: clr illus
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 228.0mm
Height: 278.0mm
Weight: 340g
Pages: 64
About the Author
Jess McGeachin is an author and illustrator of picture books and non fiction who is inspired by the natural world, and who loves crafting stories full of hidden details that the reader can keep finding well after the first look. His book High was selected by the CBCA on the list of Notable Books for 2024 in the Eve Pownall Award category. In 2023, he was awarded the Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award for Deep, and his debut picture book, Fly (Penguin Random House), was shortlisted for the World Illustration awards, Queensland Literary Awards and the 2020 Children's Book Council of Australia Crichton Award. He lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.
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