Collection: Junior Non Fiction

This book brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world. Track the world's longest migrations, visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica, a chilling minus 89.2 C), see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, a...

Snot, wees, farts, feelings... they all come from somewhere, and that somewhere is you! Here's your chance to find out! Open up to discover all about the human body in this laugh-a-minute science storybook.

The systems of government of Australia are based on traditions that are centuries old and on a Constitution that only came into being in 1901. Every day all across Australia governments are making changes that affect the lives of every resident and citizen. Find out how it all works and what role...

From the gwardar to the python, and from sea snakes to the red-bellied black snake, slither through the stories of Australia's most dangerous snakes. Packed full of detailed illustrations, beautiful images from Australian Geographic, interesting fact files and information about what snakes eat, w...

From big, hairy spiders and intricate, delicate spiders to pointy fangs and sticky webs welcome to the world of Australia's creepy-crawly spiders! With fast facts, full-colour illustrations and images from Australian Geographic, this book has everything you need to know about spiders, such as how...

The creatures in this book are the superheroes of Australia's animal world, beating all the records when it comes to size, speed, length, strength, intelligence and survival.

The blue-ringed octopus looks tiny and harmless but beware. Its poison is deadly. The bright blue circles that appear on its body when it feels threatened are a warning sign to any living thing nearby. Get any closer and it will bite! Find out more about this remarkable marine animal in this book.

Packed with over 300 festive jokes to get your friends and family snorting with laughter. Full of Santa, reindeer, tinsel, sprouts, presents and hundreds of other totally Christmassy crackers. Christmas has never been so much fun!

Sulphur-crested cockatoos are noisy intelligent parrots that have an annoying habit of gathering in flocks to vandalise wooden buildings. Wild cockatoos sometimes form unusual bonds with humans seeming to like our company. These clever birds are fascinating to watch or are they watching us?

Have you ever looked closely at a flag? How was it designed? What do the colours and symbols mean? How are different flags used? Why are they important? Which country has the biggest flag in the world? Find the answers to these questions and more, from flags of medieval battlefields, to flags of ...