Heroes, Rebels and Innovators: Inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from history (HB) (CBCA Winner 2022) by Karen Wyld
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoir
Powerful and inspiring: here are seven stirring stories about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who helped shape Australia. Each colourful spread in this illustrated book tells the story of incredible Indigenous Australians - such as Patyegarang, the young Darug woman who taught a First Fleet ...Show more
Superpower: Renewable energy by Philip Bunting
$24.99 AUD
Category: Encycopaedias, Science, Maths & reference materials
Have you ever thought about energy – the stuff that lights up our lives and powers our wonderful world? How does renewable energy work? Where does electricity come from? Why are fossil fuels bad for our environment? Renowned picture book creator Philip Bunting answers all these questions and more in thi ...Show more
Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest by Diane Lucas, Ben Tyler
$29.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous
Walk with us through one of the Top End's magnificent monsoon forests, in Kakadu National Park, learning about the plants, animals and Kundjeyhmi culture along the way. When we go walking, we never know how long we will be, what we will hear and what we will see.We pack our bags with food and water, a ...Show more
Kunyi by Kunyi June Anne McInerney
$27.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
Age range 9+These are my stories from a dry remote place, where growing up was very different for what children know today.Kunyi June Anne McInerney was just four years old when she and three of her siblings were taken from their family to the Oodnadatta Children’s Home in South Australia in the 1960s.T ...Show more
Wiradjuri Country by Larry Brandy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous
Age range 6+Welcome to Wiradjuri Country.The Wiradjuri are the people of the three bila (rivers) and their nguram-bang (Country) is the second largest in Australia. Come with Uncle Larry Brandy on an enlightening journey through his Country’s rivers, woodlands, grasslands and rocky outcrops, as well as ...Show more
Me, Microbes and I: Meet the viruses, bacteria and other weeny weirdies that share your world. by Philip Bunting
$24.99 AUD
Category: Encycopaedias, Science, Maths & reference materials
You are covered in microbes - tiny living things so small that you can't see them without a microscope. Me, Microbes & I is full of fascinating and entertaining information about microbes, and provides young readers with a simple and fun guide to how things like bacteria and viruses work in the bod ...Show more
One Potoroo: A Story of Survival by Penny Jaye
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous
A conservation tale of the Gilbert's Potoroo - Australia's rarest mammal. When a fire destroys Potoroo's home, he becomes one of the last surviving Gilbert's Potoroos at Two Peoples Bay in Western Australia. Frightened, hurt and alone, Potoroo needs a new home - somewhere safe from predators and with ...Show more
The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First Peoples by Corey Tutt
$32.99 AUD
Category: Encycopaedias, Science, Maths & reference materials
ABIA 2022 Book of the Year for Younger ChildrenThe First Scientists is the highly anticipated, illustrated science book from Corey Tutt of DeadlyScience. With kids aged 7 to 12 years in mind, this book will nourish readers' love of science and develop their respect for Indigenous knowledge at the same t ...Show more
Wombat (Nature Storybooks) by Christopher Cheng
$26.99 AUD
Category: Animals & Natural World | Series: Nature Storybooks
Burrowing and basking, digging and defending; Wombat is a new Nature Storybook exploring the world of one of Australia's most beloved creatures. Far underground, where dirt and tree roots mesh, are tunnels that lead to a burrow, and in this burrow Wombat's day begins. A story about the life of a wombat, ...Show more
Book of Curious Birds by Jennifer Cossins
$26.99 AUD
Category: Animals & Natural World
Birds can be curious creatures. From their strange or unusual appearance to their unique behaviour, they really are one of the most fascinating species in the animal kingdom. Explore the unique traits of curious birds from the Blue-footed booby to the Greater prairie chicken in this beautifully illustra ...Show more
The gentle genius of trees. by Philip Bunting
$19.99 AUD
Category: Animals & Natural World
What could we clever humans ever learn from trees? Take an unashamedly anthropomorphic wander through the woods to learn a few life lessons from our foliaged friends.
The Way of the Weedy Seadragon (HB) by Anne Morgan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
Can you imagine a strange and colorful fish that looks like a dragon? It can't fly or breathe fire, but it is an excellent dancer The weedy seadragon is an amazing fish with a talent for camouflage, weird eating habits, and a unique courtship dance. But its habitat and future are threatened. This enchan ...Show more