Non-Fiction for Kids (9+ Years)
Steve Jobs The Man Who Thought Different
$12.95 – Paperback book / Holtzbrinc
Presents the life and career of the computer industry visionary, from his early life and creation of Apple Computer at the age of twenty to his accomplishments in technology and design. Buy or find out more →
Book Of Perfectly Perilous Math, The
$19.95 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant
Math rocks! At least it does in the gifted hands of Sean Connolly, who blends middle school math with fantasy to create an exciting adventure in problem-solving. These word problems are perilous, do-or-die scenarios of b... Buy or find out more →
Titanic Disaster At Sea
$18.95 – Hard back / Walker Books
One hundred years on from the sinking of Titanic, relive the breathtaking account of her short history. On 14 April 1912, the largest and finest ocean liner of the age struck an iceberg and sank to the icy depths of the ... Buy or find out more →
My Tourist Guide To The Solar System And Beyond
$16.95 – Hard back / Dorling Kindersley
Everything you need to know for an out-of-this-world travel experience.
My Tourist Guide to the Solar System brings you amazing digital artwork with fun facts to present space as you've never seen it before. Take a day t... Buy or find out more →
Science Book
$39.95 – Hardcover book / Dorling Kindersley
An interactive look at science for kids.
This comprehensive look at science will teach your child all about twenty seven 'Big Ideas', from atoms to net force. These ideas will help them to connect the dots between what t... Buy or find out more →
Every Minute In Australia
$14.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
So much in so little time! In the minute it takes you to read this, amazing things will be happening all over the country. $730 will be spent on bottled water. 9.5 avocadoes will be grown. 95 people will take off or land... Buy or find out more →
Wee On A Jelly Fish Sting
$12.99 – Hard back / Scholastic
It's amazing how many half-baked notions, crazy rumours from the internet and recycled musty old myths get mistaken for the truth. Many well-meaning people may not realise that what they are telling you is, in fact, comp... Buy or find out more →
Wildflower
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Brolly Books
Ellis Rowan was a superbly talented and highly skilled Australian artist of the late 19th and early 20th century. In a time when women had little independence and few opportunities to explore the world around them, Ellis... Buy or find out more →
Star Wars: Complete Saga
$19.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
The complete epic saga, from The Phantom Menace through Return of the Jedi, all in a single book! Illustrated with frames taken directly from the movie, this is the story of Star Wars as it's never been seen before. Top ... Buy or find out more →
Really Really Big Questions About Faith
$24.99 – Hard back / Kingfisher Books
Following in the wake of Kingfisher's highly acclaimed Really, Really Big Questions, Really, Really Big Questions About Faith is an unusual and fun introduction to the philosophy, ethics and meaning behind different kind... Buy or find out more →
3 D Wild Ocean
$24.99 – Paperback book / Kingfisher Books
A beautiful book that children will love, 3D Wild Ocean uses stunning pop-up 3D scenes to take the reader into the very heart of the seas. Whether it's exploring a coral reef, meeting the enormous whales, sharks and fish... Buy or find out more →
3 D Wild Rainforest
$24.99 – Paperback book / Kingfisher Books
A magical series that opens up a world of wonder, with fabulous three-dimensional paper engineering taking you into the heart of each subject. 3D Wild Rainforest uses stunning 3D scenes to take the reader into the very h... Buy or find out more →
Design
$34.99 – Hard back / Gecko
Country of origin: Poland D.E.S.I.G.N. is a fascinating review of 69 of the most innovative household items from the past 150 years, from the classic to the craziest. These are icons of design from the most eminent desig... Buy or find out more →
How To Make A Universe From 92 Ingredients
$19.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
How to Make a Universe from 92 Ingredients takes on the impossible and triumphs-it makes chemistry FUN! A unique and imaginative take on chemistry for children, with 'experiments' that show how all things are made from j... Buy or find out more →
How To Change The World With A Ball Of String
$29.99 – Hard back / Scholastic
A unique and imaginative take on history for children. Using examples from the past to show how you can start your own empire, conquer your neighbours or stage your own industrial revolution, this is a fascinating and en... Buy or find out more →
World Without Fish
$22.95 – Hardcover book / Workman
Mark Kurlansky, beloved author of the award-winning bestseller Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, offers a riveting new book for kids about what’s happening to fish, the oceans, and our environment, and... Buy or find out more →
Heroes And Heroines
$19.95 – Hardcover book / British Library
Heroes and Heroines was first published in 1933, and features the same style of witty and lyrical poems as Kings and Queens of England. It tells of the deeds of heroes and heroines from all round the world including Alex... Buy or find out more →
The Magic Of Reality
$39.95 – Hardcover book / Random House
What are things made of?
What is the sun?
Why do bad things happen?
Throughout history people all over the world have invented stories to answer profound questions such as these. Have you heard the tale of how the sun ha... Buy or find out more →
Not For Parents: The Travel Book
$29.99 – Paperback book / Lonely Planet
Cool stuff to know about every country in the world. Everyone knows which is the world’s highest mountain, but do you know which country banned chewing gum? Or what’s the world’s stinkiest fruit? Or who invented roller s... Buy or find out more →
Phenomenal! The Small Book Of Big Words
$14.99 – Paperback book / Macmillan
DISCOMBOBULATED Pronounced ~ dis-com-bob-u-lated. Means ~ thrown into confusion. As in ~ the lion is discombobulated by the skateboarding wildebeest. And ~ my parents are discombobulated when I suddenly start speaking Sw... Buy or find out more →
Children's Book Of Sport
$29.95 – Hard back / Dorling Kindersley
Know the score with this ultimate guide to the world of sport.
Children's Book of Sport is your ultimate guide to the diverse world of sport. From the best known to the most obscure, this guide showcases team sports, tar... Buy or find out more →
Tutankhamun: The Life Of The Boy King
$41.95 – Hardcover book / Carlton Books
Featuring chapters on the development of Egyptology, this title looks at the background of the boy king, the lead up to the discovery of his tomb; the examination of it chamber by chamber and the priceless artefacts that... Buy or find out more →
Playground: Listening To Stories From Country And From Inside the Heart
$39.99 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
With historical and contemporary photographs, artwork by leading Indigenous artists, and new colour illustrations throughout, this compilation of Indigenous stories gives a fascinating insight into Aboriginal childhood, ... 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 →
Ancient Egypt Tales Of Gods And Pharaohs
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Walker Books
This title includes nine stories of Ancient Egypt, wittily retold in comic-strip style. Full of mystery and adventure, the stories of the Egyptian pharaohs and their ancient gods are steeped in thousands of years of hist... Buy or find out more →
Will Farts Destroy The Planet
$12.99 – Paperback book / Macmillan
How will climate change affect our future world? Will forests turn to deserts? Will whole cities sink beneath the waves? Will we swim to school, and take speedboats to work? Will coal, oil, and cow farts destroy the plan... Buy or find out more →
How To Make A Universe From Ninety Two Ingredients
$29.99 – Hardcover book / Scholastic
What do cars, stars, rockets and burgers all ahev in common? They're all made from the same 92 ingredients....and so are you. So is everything in the entire universe! Buy or find out more →
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2011
$0.00 – Paperback book / Nat Geographic Soc
Dare to explore! The National Geographic Kids Almanac 2011 brings young readers the very latest updates on living on, and caring for, planet Earth. The Almanacs cool photos, lively illustrations and easy-to-read format e... Buy or find out more →
The One That Got Away Junior Edition
$17.95 – Paperback book / Red Fox Books
The Bravo Two Zero mission is one of the most famous stories of courage and survival. Of the eight SAS members involved, only one escaped capture. This is his story . . . During the first night of a mission during the Gu... Buy or find out more →
Interior Designer Doodles
$19.99 – Paperback book / Buster Books
From designing a range of scatter cushions, to hanging the crystals on a show-stopping chandelier and creating the perfect piece of art for above the fire place, this title is suitable for those who take style seriously.... 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 →
Puffins Brilliantly Big Bumper Joke Book
$12.95 – Paperback book / Puffin
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because if the road crossed the chicken old ladies would trip over the bump!
This great big book of fantastically funny jokes and cartoons will keep you chuckling for hours. From fabul... Buy or find out more →
Amazing X-Rays The Human Body
$29.95 – Hardcover book / The Five Mile Press
Hey, kids, it's time to bone up on the human body! Discover the hidden secrets of the body using real x-rays in the cool new book, Amazing X-Rays: Human Body. Using the book's unique built-in light box, curious readers c... Buy or find out more →
Pharaoh's Boat
$24.95 – Hardcover book / Houghton Mifflin
With poetic language and striking illustrations, Weitzman tells the story of how one of the greatest boats of ancient Egypt came to be built—and built again.
In the shadow of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the most skilled... Buy or find out more →
Curious And Curiouser
$32.99 – Hardcover book / Macmillan
The brand new book from Australia's best-loved science guru! Did you know that the vast majority of our universe is missing? Or that Santa would spontaneously combust if he tried to deliver presents to all the children o... Buy or find out more →
Guinness World Records 2011
$39.95 – Hardcover book / Guinness World Rcds
Features a new unique design - new decade, new look. A fun, poster-style look reminiscent of the circus, the old Wild West and letter-pressed wanted ads. Fully updated records and 100% new photos. Quiz of the year - reco... Buy or find out more →
The Story Of Britain
$39.95 – Hardcover book / Walker Books
This is a definitive history of Britain which tells the story of two islands, Britain and Ireland, and all the people, Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English, who have lived in them. This is a comprehensive history of Britai... Buy or find out more →
Maths
$9.99 – Paperback book / Kingfisher
With its lively, creative approach, this is a unique and highly memorable one-stop guide to the building blocks of mathematics. Meet bubbly Zero, who can dissolve you to nothing; all-action Units, who just love to measur... Buy or find out more →
Anne Frank Her Life In Words And Pictures
$19.95 – Paperback book / Unknown
On a summer in 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding from the Nazis. Until the day they arrested her, more than two years later, she kept a diary. ANNE FRANK is the indespensable visual guide to her tragic, bu... Buy or find out more →
The Omnivore's Dilemma The Secrets Behind What You Eat
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Usa
'What 's for dinner?' seemed like a simple question-until journalist and supermarket detective Michael Pollan delved behind the scenes. From fast food and big organic to small farms and old-fashioned hunting and gatherin... Buy or find out more →
The Bird King and Other Sketches
$39.95 – Hardcover book / Windy Hollow Books
The bird king, the anthropologists, the thing in the bathroom, the paraffin-oil koala, the secret birthday party…what do they all have in common? Nothing! Except for the fact that they all come from the sketchbooks of Sh... Buy or find out more →
Boy Soldier
$16.99 – Paperback book / Pan Macmillan
In 1987, Cola Bilkuei, a young boy from the Dinka tribe in the southern Sudan, was forcibly recruited into Sudan People's Liberation Army. For three months, he and hundreds of other children from his tribe were marched f... 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 →
Your Skirt's Too Short: Sex, Power, Choice
$24.95 – Paperback book / Text Publishing
After many waves of feminism, where are we? Are young women really either massive sluts or helpless dolls? And anyway, what’s the definition of a slut?
Young women have a lot of questions. In Your Skirt’s Too Short: Se... Buy or find out more →
Klutz Book Of Inventions
$19.99 – Hardcover book / Klutz Books
Amazing stuff you never knew you needed! From the same brains that brought you The Encyclopedia of Immaturity comes The Klutz Book of Inventions, a 200-page catalogue of never-before-seen contraptions that are equal part... Buy or find out more →
Surf For Your Life Grommets Edition
$19.95 – Paperback book / Random House
Before the two world titles, before the sponsorships, before the jet-setting life on the world tour, being paid to do the thing you love most: weaving through zippering Superbank barrels and paddling over the ledge at pl... Buy or find out more →
How To Do Everything
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Dorling Kindersley
How to do, make and explore just about everything!
How to Do Everything is a fantastic and unique combination of reference material, fun facts, exciting activities and instructions for life. It covers everything from boi... Buy or find out more →
Secret Agent Write And Wipe Pack
$27.50 – Pack /
It’s an undercover world of secrets and espionage – and great games that keep young detectives busy for hours. Book opens with a lay-flat binding so it’s easy to write, easy to wipe, and easy to play again and again! It’... Buy or find out more →
One Hundred And One Things To Do On The Holidays
$14.95 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant
A terrific list of varied and imaginative fun things for kids to do on the school holidays. And the best thing is it is written by those who really know what is fun to do while school's out.
On the first day of the summe... Buy or find out more →
Fantasy: An Artist's Realm
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Candlewick Press
Immerse yourself in the sovereignty of New Perigord, brought to majestic life through the artistry of Ben Boos, celebrated creator of Swords.
Imaginative people have always longed to experience a world more magical, more... Buy or find out more →
The Truth About My Name And What It Reveals About Me
$24.99 – Paperback book / Klutz Books
Discover the truth about yourself and any friend you can name. We love finding crazy ways to learn about yourself and your future. Personality quizzes, cootie catchers, the Magic 8 Ball-they're all time-tested methods fo... Buy or find out more →
World Cricket Records 2011
$29.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
Who holds the record for the most test dismissals by a wicketkeeper? Who is the only batsman to make three double-centuries in a single test series? Full of terrific trivia and fantastic facts, World Cricket Records 2011... Buy or find out more →
FIFA Official World Football Records 2011
$29.99 – Hardcover book / Scholastic
This year, World Cup fever gripped the entire planet. Soccer is the world's most watched sport, live and on television, and its profile has never been higher. Relive the excitement and discover even more about your favou... Buy or find out more →
Pyramids And Mummies
$29.99 – Hardcover book / Carlton Books
Pop-up pyramids. A fold-out mummy. Genuine grave-robber confession. Amulets in a pouch. Egyptian god cards. Enter the fascinating world of the ancient Egyptians and travel to the deep, dark tombs of the pharaohs to uncov... Buy or find out more →
Optical Illusions Usborne Activity Cards
$12.99 – Pack / Usborne
This title includes fifty cards featuring mind-bending illusions to surprise your eyes, taken from the personal collection of Al Seckel, world expert on visual illusions. An optical illusion on each card is accompanied b... Buy or find out more →
The Big Ideas That Changed The World
$39.95 – Hardcover book / Dorling Kindersley
Discover the big ideas that changed our world. From matches to mobiles, antibiotics and the flexible drinking straw - some inventions don't just change the way we do things but change the world. Marvel at some of the wor... Buy or find out more →
A Maths Odyssey
$15.95 – Paperback book / Powerhouse Museum Sydney
Mathematics is a human endeavour of long standing and is deeply ingrained in Western philosophy and thinking. This illustrated book presents the science of mathematics in an innovative and engaging way. Its aim is to mak... Buy or find out more →
The Ultimate Book Of Science
$24.95 – Paperback book / Oxford University Pr
Following on from the hardback edition, this paperback is a companion volume to The Ultimate Book of Knowledge, exploring science themes further and tying in neatly with the National Curriculum, Key Stage 2, where childr... Buy or find out more →
What's Science All About
$29.99 – Paperback book / Usborne
A fantastic new science book, explaining physics, chemistry and biology in an informal, fun and informative way. Written in a conversational style, this book offers children an approachable source of information on key s... Buy or find out more →
And Picasso Painted Guernica
$35.00 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
Come face to face with an astonishing creative spirit in this beautiful book for children about Picasso, his journey as an artist and the creation of his iconic anti-war painting, Guernica.
Picasso's artistic genius was ... Buy or find out more →