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Tig’s World

If the world is round, why don’t the people on the bottom fall off? Tig’s mom has one answer, and her dad has another. Who’s telling the truth?

Suggested age: 7–12岁 · Reading level L3 · 14 illustrated pages

Tig’s World — original illustrated page 1, English text included

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If the world is round, why don’t the people on the bottom fall off? Tig’s mom has one answer, and her dad has another. Who’s telling the truth?

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Tig’s World — original illustrated page 1, English text included
Tig’s World
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 2, English text included
Tig’s mom is a scientist. She knows things.
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 3, English text included
Tig's dad is a writer. He makes things up.
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 4, English text included
Tig has a globe. "Mom, if the world is round, why don’t the people on the bottom fall off?"
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 5, English text included
"Because gravity pulls everyone towards the middle of the Earth."
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 6, English text included
"Wherever you go, the Earth feels like it is below you. Unless you go into space. Then there’s no down at all, and you float!"
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 7, English text included
"People on the other side of the Earth think that they are the right way up... ...and we are upside down! Isn’t that amazing!"
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 8, English text included
"Dad, if the world is round, why don’t the people on the bottom fall off?"
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 9, English text included
"Oh, they used to! A lot of people fell off... ...and ended up on Saturn."
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 10, English text included
"But some people got caught in the branches of trees. They climbed up to the ground, and dug tunnels so they could get around without falling."
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 11, English text included
"Now they’ve built upside-down houses, and they swing between them on ropes!"
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 12, English text included
Tig is pretty sure someone is making things up.
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 13, English text included
But that’s OK.
Tig’s World — original illustrated page 14, English text included

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Written by
Sam Wilson
Illustrated by
Dorian Dutrieux
Created by
Kitso Sedumedi (Designer); Dorian Dutrieux (Illustrator); Sam Wilson (Writer); Carla Lever (Editor)

Source: Book Dash
Original: Tig’s World from Book Dash
License: CC BY 4.0

Original illustrated spreads and embedded English story text preserved; website layout and printable PDF assembled by Little Leaf. Age, level, theme and recommendation are editorial suggestions. Web and printable layout adapted by Little Leaf. Age and reading-level suggestions are editorial. Original stories and artwork belong to their credited creators. Website narration uses the selected synthetic Voice 7.