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Guillain, Charlotte,

The skies above my eyes / Charlotte Guillain, Yuval Zommer. - London : words & pictures, 2018. - 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 33 cm. - Look closer ; .

Leaves are joined end to end and folded accordion style. Cover title.

Cover; 10 KM above Earth THE STRATOSPHERE STARTS HERE; 85 KM above Earth THE THERMOSPHERE STARTS HERE; Untitled; 50 KM above Earth THE MESOSPHERE STARTS HERE; 20 KM above Earth; 100 KM above Earth; 400 KM above Earth; 350 KM above Earth; 380,000 KM above Earth THE MOON; 85 KM above Earth RE-ENTERING THE MESOSPHERE; 15 KM above Earth; 11 KM above Earth; 10 KM above Earth; 8 KM above Earth; 6 KM above Earth; 5 KM above Earth; 2 KM above Earth.

Take a journey up into the air, through the atmosphere, way out into space, and back down to Earth in this richly illustrated concertina book that opens out to an impressive 8 feet long, perfect for inquisitive young minds. Have you ever looked up and wondered what's going on high up in the skies above your eyes? Take a journey up into the air, through the atmosphere, way out into space, and back down to Earth in this richly illustrated concertina book. Readers will zoom past the technology that fills our skies, from helicopters, fighter jets, weather balloons, and satellites, hang-gliders and hot-air balloons. They'll also discover the insects and animals that whizz through the skies, explore the layers of the atmosphere, and travel through the solar system and out to the galaxies far beyond. Following on from The Street Beneath My Feet, which dug down to the centre of the Earth, this expansive concertina book opens out to an impressive 8 feet long, perfect for inquisitive young minds.

Junior primary school age.

ISBN: 9781910277683 (hardback) 1910277681 (hardback)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Atmosphere--Juvenile literature.
Air--Juvenile literature.
Outer space--Juvenile literature.

LC Class. No.: QC863.5 / .G85 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 551.5