CBCA Eve Pownall Award for Information Books 2011 Shortlist
Our World: Bardi Jaawi: Life At Ardiyooloon
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Magabala
Ardiyooloon is home to the Bardi-Jaawi people and sits at the end of a red dirt road at the top of the Dampier Peninsula, 200km north of Broome in the north-west of Western Australia. Our World: Bardi-Jaawi life at Ardiy... Buy or find out more →
Wicked Warriors And Evil Emperors
$16.95 – Paperback book / Puffin
Imagine you're made king at the age of twelve. You have plenty of enemies. You have a million soldiers armed with all kinds of awesome weapons, you have tons of gold and a network of spies. What would you do with all tha... Buy or find out more →
The Return Of The Word Spy
$24.95 – Hardcover book / Viking
From the beginning of time, the WORD SPY has been creeping down hallways, hiding in shadows and journeying through different lands to discover everything there is to know about the English language. In her first book, Th... Buy or find out more →
Zero Hour: The Anzacs On The Western Front
$19.95 – Paperback book / Text Publishing
The First World War was only meant to last six months. When the Australians and New Zealanders arrived at the Western Front in 1916, the fighting had been going for a year and a half and there was no end in sight. The me... Buy or find out more →
Drawn From The Heart
$49.99 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
A vivid, searching memoir of life, love and book-making by a master of the art of picture books.
Ron Brooks grew up in East Gippsland, a country boy with a yen for drawing and observation of the life around him. He becam... Buy or find out more →
Science Behind: Theme Parks, Playgrounds And Toys
$31.99 – Hardcover book / Macmillan
Theme parks, playgrounds and toys investigates how roller coasters and bumper cars work, how weight affects movement, why bubbles are always round and remote control toys receive signals. These examples demonstrate basic... Buy or find out more →