More Hands-On Science - 50 Amazing Kids' Activities from CSIRO by David Shaw (Editor); Jasmine Fellows (Editor); Kath Kovac (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
Age range 6+Are you a curious kid? Then let's get hands-on! The best-selling team behind Hands-On Science present 50 more fun DIY science activities that you can share with your friends and family. With clear step-by-step instructions and engaging illustrations, as well as real-world examples of science ...Show more
You Can Change the World by Lucy Bell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
Every day, we see a problem we would like to fix. A piece of rubbish in a green, grassy park. Plastic water bottles buried in the sand at the beach. A garbage bin overflowing onto the street. A skinny, stray dog. A homeless person on a cold day.These problems seem impossible for one person to change. Bu ...Show more
Flying Paintings: the Zhou Brothers: a Story of Revolution and Art by Amy Alznauer; Dahuang Zhou (Illustrator); ShanZuo Zhou (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
The epic story of two Chinese brothers who became art-world legends, illustrated with stunning paintings by the artists themselves First there was one Zhou brother, and then there were two. They lived in a bookstore with their grandmother, Po Po, whose stories of paintings that flew through the air ...Show more
The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: a Tale of the Genius Ramanujan by Amy Alznauer; Daniel Miyares (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
A young mathematical genius from India searches for the secrets hidden inside numbers -- and for someone who understands him -- in this gorgeous picture-book biography. A mango . . . is just one thing. But if I chop it in two, then chop the half in two, and keep on chopping, I get more and more bits ...Show more
Oil by WINTER JONAH
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Category: Children Non-Fiction
Mother-son team Jonah Winter and Jeanette Winter tell the story of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its devastating and lingering effects in this poetic and timely picture book.Oil is drawn up from deep in the earth by machines, transported through pipelines, and pumped onto a ship that sails out to sea. ...Show more
Born to Run: My Story by Cathy Freeman
$17.99 AUD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
When Cathy Freeman won gold at the Sydney Olympics, she became a champion, everyone loved her and everyone knew her. But she wasn't always famous. Ages 9+.
Energy (Ecographics) by Izzi Howell
$19.99 AUD
Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: Ecographics
A powerful look at the environmental crisis of energy supply, with simple steps we can all take to reduce our energy usage Energy makes our world work, but at a huge cost to the environment. As the polluting fossil fuels gradually run out, can we replace them with renewable, planet-friendly alternative ...Show more
Grow: Secrets of our DNA by Nicola Davies
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
From the award-winning team behind Tiny and Lots comes a new book exploring another fascinating area of biology: growth.A beautifully illustrated introduction to the concept of DNA for younger readers. All living things grow - every plant and every animal, including human beings. Some things grow fast a ...Show more
The World of Whales: Get to Know the Giants of the Ocean by Darcy Dobell; Becky Thorns (Illustrator)
$42.50 AUD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
Dive into an exploration of these majestic mammals, one of the most fascinating animal species on the planet. You already know that whales aren't fish, but mammals who need to breath and hold their breath under water, just like us humans? And that the blue whale grows to be longer than three buses? In T ...Show more
The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box by WESSELS, MARCIE
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Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: People Who Shaped Our World Ser.
Crazy about Wii, Nintendo, X-Box, and PlayStation? Meet the inventor whose work made them all possible: Ralph Baer, creator of the first home video game system! Today, the video game industry keeps growing, with ever more platforms available to fans. But how did the very first system come about? This pi ...Show more
The Girl With a Mind for Math : The Story of Raye Montague by Julia Finley Mosca
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Amazing Scientists Ser.
Meet Raye Montague―the hidden mastermind who made waves in the U.S. Navy After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping her greatest ...Show more
They Did It First - 50 Scientists, Artists and Mathematicians Who Changed the World by Julie Leung; Caitlin Kuhwald
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Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: They Did It First
The greatest challenge is believing it's possible . . . They Did It First features fifty trailblazing scientists, artists and mathematicians who were not afraid to dream big and be the FIRST. Discover the pioneers who defied the boundaries of possibility and went on to revolutionise the world. Writte ...Show more