Deep

Jess McGeachin is an author and illustrator of picture books and non fiction who is inspired by the natural world, and who loves crafting stories full of hidden details that the reader can keep finding well after the first look. His book High was selected by the CBCA on the list of Notable Books for 2024 in the Eve Pownall Award category. In 2023, he was awarded the Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award for Deep, and his debut picture book, Fly (Penguin Random House), was shortlisted for the World Illustration awards, Queensland Literary Awards and the 2020 Children's Book Council of Australia Crichton Award. He lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.

Welcome to the deep • Deep Ocean: Giants of the deep; It gets weird down here; The ocean floor • Deep Forest: By day, by night; Trees that talk; The ground crew • Deep Earth: Hidden treasure; Caves; A home underground; The city below; In the sewers; Buried secrets • Deep Time: Clues to the past; What we leave behind; The path ahead • Deep Space: What we can see; What we can't see; Into the unknown • Deep Inside: Under your skin; A team of trillions • Deep Connections: Surviving the deep • Glossary • Find Out More • Index