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The Street Beneath My Feet

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The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain is a vibrant and engaging children's book that explores the fascinating layers beneath a city street. With its unique fold-out format, it takes young readers on a journey from the surface to the deep underground, revealing the hidden wonders and ecosystems below. Perfect for curious minds, this book combines stunning illustrations with informative text to nurture a child's love for exploration and learning about the world beneath their feet.
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You might enjoy this book if you have a budding curiosity about the world beneath us, as it takes readers on a fascinating journey exploring layers of earth, fossils, and underground creatures. Perfect for young readers, it combines engaging illustrations with educational insights, sparking excitement about geology and the hidden wonders of our planet.

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The Street Beneath My Feet

A beautifully illustrated concertina book that takes the reader on a journey underground, all the way down to the core of the Earth and back out the other side. One side begins with an urban setting; the other side ends with a woodland setting.

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When you're walking along the city streets, there's always so much to see and hear. But do you ever stop and look down? Have you ever wondered what's going on deep in the ground under your feet? What about in the countryside? What goes on underground there?

Starting in the city, take a journey down through the layers of the Earth, all the way to the planet's core and out the other side. There are so many amazing sights to see along the way!

With narrative non-fiction spanning natural history, archaeology, and geology, and detailed pictures to explore, this delightfully illustrated concertina book will encourage children to think about the planet they live on.

The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain offers a fascinating exploration of the world beneath us, designed to spark curiosity in young readers.

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The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain is praised for its ingenious design and rich illustrations, offering an engaging exploration of the earth's layers. Reviews highlight its ability to fascinate children with facts about physical geography, using a double-sided fold-out format to reveal underground secrets beneath both city and countryside. The book is celebrated for its playful yet informative approach, making it suitable for young geologists keen to learn about the world beneath them.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784937317

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 March 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: words & pictures

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Yuval Zommer
  • Illustrated by Yuval Zommer

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 350.0mm

Height: 320.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 20

About the Author

Charlotte Guillain lives in Oxfordshire, UK. She writes fiction and non-fiction for children, including the picture book Spaghetti with the Yeti, which was shortlisted for Oscar's First Book Prize 2014 and has featured in CBeebies Bedtime Stories.

Yuval Zommer After graduating from the Royal College of Art and persuing a successful career in advertising, she transitioned to his true love of illustrating with his widely acclaimed debut picture book, The Big Blue Thing On The Hill (Templar, 2015), hotly followed by One Hundred Bones (Templar, 2015) and The Big Book of Bugs .

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