The Skies Above My Eyes

This companion to The Street Beneath My Feet uses a concertina format to take readers on two journeys from the ground to outer space. Both begin with the same child looking skyward. On one side of the book’s enormous gatefold, Gullain focuses on the interplay between strata and human-made objects, beginning in a city: at six miles above earth, readers see a helicopter in the troposphere; at 200 miles above Earth, readers see a Soyuz capsule. On the other side, the child relaxes in a woodland glen, and the trip upward features birds, weather systems, the aurora borealis, and more. Zommer illustrates in grainy, marbled art and includes clear, factual descriptions. Expanding to over eight feet, the book provides an understanding of relative scale and a greater sense of the enormity of space. Ages 4–7. [em](Aug.) [/em]