Collection: Junior Non Fiction

You're alone in a mysterious new world, full of hidden dangers. You have only minutes to find food and shelter before darkness falls and the monsters come looking for you. What do you do? The Official Minecraft Beginner's Handbook might just save your life. You can learn how to make a shelter, fi...

Take a tour of a hospital dedicated to caring for sick and injured koalas.

BIOLOGY, LIFE SCIENCES. Planned with reference to the national curriculum, this title looks at how dolphins work together to survive in their habitat. It explains how they find food, bring up their young and defend themselves against predators. It also shows how factors such as the environment an...

The Indigenous people of Australia have lived here for tens of thousands of years. They survived the ice age and ancient global warming. They saw oceans sink and oceans rise. They watched the mega-beasts disappear and dingoes arrive. Theirs is the oldest civilization in the world. Then along came...

When the empires that ruled the ancient and medieval world were at the height of their power, Australia was a mysterious southern continent that appeared on their maps with only parts of its intriguing coastline shown. During the Age of Exploration, monarchs and emperors sent their ships to explo...

Bertie Black has just moved in with her new step family, but it doesn't feel like home. She spends most of the time practising her cool ninja moves and escaping from her fake brother, until the sound of music carries her to Stardust School of Dance. Soon she is offered a role as a dancing wolf. I...

This book lays the foundations for the next generations of responsible, healthy eaters. Through beautiful images and "Orla" the Queen Bee, children will learn about: Seasonal eating for sustainability and optimal nutrition; How food grows to get more connected to where food really comes from and ...

Whether it's a selfie-taking monkey, a skateboarding dog or a weasel flying on a woodpecker, the world can't get enough of crazy animal stories. "Guinness world records: amazing animals" is the perfect opportunity to paws for thought and celebrate the incredible creatures that steal our hearts.

This guide offers a series of snapshots of 25 chemists, from ancient history through today. Each lab tells the story of a scientist along with some background about the importance of their work, and a description of where it is still being used or reflected in today's world. A step-by-step illust...

Come with Australian Geographic on a story through time as we explore the early history of our nation, including the First Peoples of Australia and their culture, the arrival of the Europeans and the First Fleet, the development of the penal colony and the spread of European settlement and their ...