Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Or a planet full of secrets

(Hardback, New edition)

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Age range 3 to 9

A secret message put Axel and his uncle, Otto Lidenbrock, professor of mineralogy, into great adventures, leading them to descend all the way to the centre of the earth!

'I carefully took the book in my hands, when suddenly through its pages slipped a small piece of paper folded in four. It was a secret message, the beginning of a great adventure for me and my uncle Otto Lidenbrockthe famous professor of mineralogy.'

Author Bio

Antonis Papatheodoulou was born in Athens. He has published more than 50 books for children, some of which have been translated into eleven languages. They have also been adapted into plays and puppet theatre, and have won many awards, including two Greek State Picture Book Awards and the 2016 International Compostela Prize. Five of his books have been included in the White Ravens list of the International Childrens Library of Munich. Discover more about Antonis and his work at www.antonispapatheodoulou.com. Iris Samartzi is a childrens book illustrator and an art teacher. Her work has received many awards, including the 2016 International Compostela Prize for Picture Books, the Greek State Picture Book Award (2012, 2016) and the Greek IBBY Award (2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017). When she is not illustrating books, she runs art workshops for children.She lives and works in Athens, Greece. Read more about Iris and her work atwww.irissamartzi.com. Jules Verne was born in the seaport ofNantes, he was trained to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early in life to write for magazines and the stage. His collaboration with the publisherPierre-Jules Hetzelled to the creation of theVoyages extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels includingJourney to the Center of the Earth(1864),Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea(1870), andAround the World in Eighty Days(1873).