MIZIELIŃSKA, Aleksandra & Daniel Mizieliński. Under Water, Under Earth. illus. by Aleksandra Mizielinska & Daniel Mizielinski. 112p. Candlewick/Big Picture. Oct. 2016. Tr $35. ISBN 9780763689223.

Gr 3-6 –Using a mix of brief text and detailed illustrations, this large-format book provides an informational feast. It is designed to be opened vertically like a calendar so that pages are flipped upward. As a result, readers get a sense of the great depths shown and the size of people, animals, and objects in relation to their environment. Half of the volume deals with underwater features, and when the title is turned over and opened, the other side looks at what’s underground. Together, these two parts offer a fascinating dip into earth science. Readers learn about underwater chimneys, the Mariana Trench (the deepest known point on earth), and giant creatures of the deep, in addition to a variety of burrowing animals, tunnel-boring machines, and the world’s deepest caves. While the spreads are attention-grabbing, they also clearly communicate data in a number of ways, through labels, cross sections, cutaways, and sequenced processes. VERDICT Students will return to this work again and again. Consider for injecting life into introductions to earth science.–Myra Zarnowski, City University of New York

This review was published in the School Library Journal November 2016 issue.