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Up and Down
Come on an incredible journey
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Up and Down is the first book in a new, high-end illustrated series with a twist. Read one way, children launch up through the atmosphere and out into space to discover what lies above us: from record-breaking birds, planes and rockets, to supermassive black holes and...
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Description
Up and Down is the first book in a new, high-end illustrated series with a twist. Read one way, children launch up through the atmosphere and out into space to discover what lies above us: from record-breaking birds, planes and rockets, to supermassive black holes and an unimaginable number of stars.
Then flip the book and take a journey down from the Earth's surface, uncovering on the way the hidden life beneath a city and an alien world of deep-sea hydrothermal vents, right down to the planet's mysterious, fiery core.
With a different topic on each spread and short, snappy text that allows readers to get the key facts in just minutes, Up and Down is perfect for both reluctant readers and committed non-fiction fans who want to understand how our planet works. High production values ensure that this book will make a great gift purchase for the home, while the strong educational content will also appeal to school and library accounts.
Future titles in the series will include Night and Day (autumn 2024) and Land and Sea (2025).
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780753448519
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Kingfisher Books Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Dawn Cooper
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 7.0mm
Width: 243.0mm
Height: 281.0mm
Weight: 352g
Pages: 64
About the Author
Tracey Turner has written more than seventy books, most of them for children, on subjects including inventions, the universe, famous writers, rude words and deadly perils. Many have sold foreign rights all over the world, and some have become best sellers. She is also an editor, and commissioned and edited the Horrible Histories series for many years. She is the author of Up and Down and Day and Night. Jane Burnard has worked as a children's books editor for many years, and more recently as a writer, translator, and gardener. She is the author of An Arctic Story and A Coral Reef Story. Dawn Cooper is an illustrator whose work includes non-fiction books for children, book covers, maps and packaging, all heavily inspired by the natural world and its many creatures, as well as traditional botanical drawings and works of fiction.
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