CBCA Book of the Year 2010: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Shortlist
Polar Eyes: A Journey To Antarctica
$26.95 – Hardcover book / Csiro Publications
Where do penguins go to dance? What is it like to sleep in an igloo? And have you ever wondered how ancient ice can be used as a time machine?
Discover the answers and more in Polar Eyes, a new interactive children’s boo... Buy or find out more →
Australian Backyard Explorer
$29.95 – Paperback book / National Lib Of Aust
Winner of the 2010 CBCA Book of the Year Award for Non-Fiction.
Australian Backyard Explorer tells the stories of many intrepid individuals who explored the Australian continent in the first 120 years of European settlem... Buy or find out more →
Maralinga: The Anangu Story
$35.00 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
In the style of the multi-award-winning Papunya School Book of Country and History, this is an extraordinary illustrated history told from the indigenous perspective and created through a series of workshops, extensive r... Buy or find out more →
Lost! A True Tale From The Bush
$29.95 – Hardcover book / National Lib Of Aust
Tales of children lost in the bush have frightened and fascinated Australians since colonial times. In August 1864, three children, Isaac aged nine, Jane aged seven and Frank aged three, survived nine long days and eight... Buy or find out more →
Prehistoric Giants: The Megafauna Of Australia
$24.95 – Paperback book / Museum Victoria
Step back to a time when giant goannas and marsupial lions stalked the Australian bush. Imagine herds of two-tonne Diprotodon roaming the plains, and flocks of flightless ducks bigger than emus striding across the shallo... Buy or find out more →