Underground habitats of rabbits, moles, earthworms, beaver, cockchafers, and kingfishers  are explored on  6 different dark transparent acrylic pages using a ‘magic [paper] torch’ which the young reader punches out from the back of the book. This paper torch (flashlight) may be a reason to exclude this book from a library collection, but the same viewing result can be achieved using a white strip of paper.

Young children  will be fascinated using the torch to explore the 6 tunnels hidden from view when above ground.

This is a new and improved version of the books Gallimard Jeunesse helped create in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This time with  heavier weight paper (board), metal spiral binding (not plastic), and an inch or more larger in both directions.