While visiting the Peekskill Field Library this week, Charlie and I stumbled across a gem that reminded me of something I might see on Doc’s Trunk Line blog: Peeking Under the City by Esther Porter and Andrés Lozano.

The fun illustrations highlight some of the infrastructure underground that keeps a city running: Water, electricity, sewers, gas, tunnels, subways, foundations, and more.

Here are some of the spreads, which are rotated to provide a tall portrait view underground. Charlie really liked that.

The book is great. We’ve read it every night this week. It seems to be out of print now, but see if your local library has a copy! We put a hold on another one in the series, Peeking Under the Hood.