This book answers the age-old question of what would happen if you dug a hole all the way to the other side of the earth. Where would you be? What would you see? The reader is invited to literally turn the pages upside down to see what's on the other side of the globe. After a clear pronunciation guide on the title page, readers learn examples of antipodes on Earth-and a few respective animal inhabitants-and why they never share daylight hours. Offering a clear definition of "antipodes," the introductory double-page spread features a huge, stylized rendition of Earth in outer space, setting up the idea that there are "amazing animals" living in places that are exactly opposite each other on the globe. "Each creature has evolved and adapted to live in their own special place in the world." The double-page spread that follows starts a pattern that holds for the next 10 page turns: There's a small amount of information in graceful language ("The North Pole. Under the northern lights, polar bears roam by icy waves"); vivid, colorful, collagelike art across the top halves of the pages; and the unique fun of turning each spread upside-down to access the art and text describing the right-side-up's antipode. . . The final pages clearly explain the planet's rotation, revolution, and tilt-again accompanied by striking artwork. The endpapers offer additional delight, with labeled, colored-pencil renditions of animals that readers may (or may not) have noticed during their first read. An attractive addition to natural-science shelves.