How It Works

THE LIBRARY

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EXPLORE THE WORLD FAR ABOVE OUR HEADS

AUTHOR JESS MCGEACHIN

PUBLISHER WELBECK EDITIONS

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is part of a series of illustrated children’s books that includes Lost and Deep, respectively the disappearing wonders of the world and the hidden worlds below our feet. In , author and illustrator Jess McGeachin encourages us to look up this time, or rather to imagine the world far above us where aeroplanes fly, birds soar and mountains tower. It begins with a very simple message – that from a great height the world below us is put into perspective and can seem very small and fragile. It’s a philosophical observation that was made popular in space exploration by an Apollo 8 astronaut watching the Earth

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