Collection: Junior Non Fiction

It's a big question - can mushrooms save the world? Mushrooms and fungi are incredible, as are the mycologists who study them! Mushrooms may be small, but they are big hitters when it comes to keeping our planet healthy. Discover fungi that clean up our oceans, mushrooms that turn ants into zombi...

Jadianta, Lande and Jalmor are three children of the Kadimakara People who were caught in a storm and stranded across the great lake, Balanorga. Now they find themselves in the Land of the Snake people, and try to find their way home.

What's that smell? It's history and it stinks! Did you know that you can discover loads about history just from the loo? Or piles about the past just from a poo? If not, then get ready to discover everything from Henry VIII's dodgy diet and Aztec poop canoes, to giant, fossilized Viking plops, po...

HANDICRAFTS (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Go behind the scenes and learn how craftsman Jake Eshelman makes one-of-a-kind skateboards by hand with this nonfiction book that s full of photographs and illustrations about his process. Jake Eshelman of Side Project Skateboards in Houston, Texas, grew up wit...

This new nonfiction series looks at creatures and monsters throughout history and analyzes them through a scientific, mythbusting lens, debating whether or not the sightings and evidence provided are adequate proof of their existence. In The Loch Ness Monster, readers learn about all the sighting...

Australia has one of the world's great explorers - Sir Douglas Mawson. He was a scientist, professor and an Antarctic explorer. Mawson overcame incredible tragedy and hardship to help the world better understand Antarctica. His scientific explorations inspired many others to follow in his footsteps.

Sometimes when we are younger, we go through some wonderful times, but also some tough times too. Whether that be problems with friends, worrying about how you look or just feeling a bit down in the dumps - this book is written especially for you - to help you in your journey! Girl Wise is a new ...

The first peoples arrived over 50,000 years ago in Australia. Read about their arrival as well as the landscape and climate at the time.

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 ...

Are you ready to learn how to fold paper airplanes? This title offers an easy introduction to the art of paper airplanes, with step-by-step instructions and clear photos teaching readers how to fold eight unique models. An introduction offers a history of paper airplanes, outlines supplies needed...