Underground

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Genre: Underground utility lines; Science and Technology; City and town life; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; Children: Grades 4-6; Underground construction; Juvenile Fiction / Science and Technology; Civil engineering; Juvenile literature; Children's 9-12 - Technical;

Average Review: 5 stars

Review: A new perspective on things : Macaulay uses his amazing talents to turn the world upside down in this unique book. Children (and even adults) will learn all kinds of things about what's beneath a modern city. I enjoyed showing my son the illustrations and explaining what it all means. Do beware, however, that this is a pretty abstract topic and that it can be difficult for younger kids to fully comprehend exactly what's going on. After all, thinking about what a city would like like with all the soil and rock removed and from many feet below street level is not a simple idea. So this one is probably best for older kids, as opposed to earlier works by Macaulay such as Cathedral or Castle that are much more tangible and easy for kids to comprehend.