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PreS-Gr 1–Bursting with her signature bold color and textured pulp paintings, Fleming’s latest tour de force affords an immersion into the backyard world below our feet. Economical and descriptive, the rhythmic text pairs with cross-section illustrations of the myriad creatures that burrow, dig, and funne...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Fleming invites youngsters to observe underground creatures, large and small, as well as their tunnels, burrows, food sources, and activities. The story begins with a robin, high in a tree, swooping down to catch a tasty worm. Double-page spreads then show cross-sections of a garden, both above and below ground -- in addition to the busy place at the surface where the two intersect. Fleming’s rhyming text is spare ("Low down. / Way down. / Under gr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More