Read one way, then flip the book and read it the other way!
What is up above us? What is underneath us?

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).
 
Contributor Bio(s)
 
Tracey Turner has written more than 70 books, most of them for children, on subjects including inventions, the universe, famous writers, and deadly perils. For Kingfisher, she is the author of The Curious Book of Lists and This is Our World. As an editor, she commissioned and edited the Horrible Histories series.

Jane Burnard has worked as a children’s books editor for many years, and more recently as a writer, translator, and gardener. She wrote Kingfisher's An Arctic Story and A Coral Reef Story.