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Nicholas Brasch
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Currency is a fact of human life, and this book explores its beginning with those early coins and precious objects all the way to the banknotes and fraud-detecting devices of…
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With Tessa, a nature photographer, as our guide, this book explores how the animal kingdom uses colour. It has sections on using colour to avoid being eaten, to hide and…
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Nicolas Brasch
This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the horse in Australia past and present. From Cobb & Co to Black Caviar, from the Walers of World War I to The Man from…
During the 1800’s, electrical lights, inter-continental transportation, medical advancements, and distribution of labor dramatically altered the ways that people could work, travel, eat, and communicate. This book captures the spirit…
25th of April, 1915. Gallipoli was the first time Australians and New Zealanders fought in their own uniforms alongside their mates. The campaign showed how bold, how loyal, how innovative…
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Extraordinary courage and unbelievable nerve – that’s what it takes to be awarded a Victoria Cross. More than one and a half million Australians have fought in a war, yet…
Read Looking After Our Environment to find out the answers to these questions.
Why is the environment important?What impact is human activity having on the environment? Which environments should…
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Tessa takes photos of animals. She likes colourful animals the most. Join Tessa and learn how colour helps animals keep safe, find mates and hunt for food. This reader is…
The ultimate guide to keeping chickens in your backyard. The more obvious rewards of chicken ownership - like delicious fresh eggs daily and fabulous cost-free fertiliser - are well known…
Explosions and fake blood! Aliens from outer space and life-sized dinosaurs! Characters that disappear by magic and entirely fictional worlds! Special effects have been an important part of the film…
Nicholas Brasch,Nicholas Brasch
This book takes students through the events leading up to the firstsuccessful human flight and the milestones that have since followed.
This book captures the spirit of discovery that characterized the industrial revolution, while exploring the lasting legacy of the century’s discoveries, and their impact on human life.
Leonardo da Vinci is remembered as a painter, an inventor, a scientist, an engineer, and an architect. This book examines his many contributions to the intellectual climate of the Renaissance…
Juan’s family is forced to flee their home when a giant volcano erupts in their town! Readers will love the colorful illustrations and the Spanish-translated story of a family who…
Readers will travel along on a disastrous expedition that could have ended with no survivors. Trapped in ice and stranded for 20 months, readers will be fascinated to learn how…
Dad and I are going fishing today. We are excited. We love fishing…
If you were in Antarctica on 21 July 1983, you would have lived though the coldest day ever measured! Today, we can tell how hot or cold something is by…
Rules are ideas that help people live together. There are rules at home, rules at school, and rules in the community.
Georgia and Charlie looked around. They were in a jungle, but they were not alone.
How do you get from place to place? Maybe you take a bus or a train, or maybe you ride a bike. Each kind of transport has its good and…
‘Hey! That’s my Mp3 player!’ shouted Amy. ‘No, it’s not! It’s mine,’ said Zoe. Only the chalk circle can sort out who is the real owner.
It’s time to vote for a class captain. But who will you choose? ‘Vote for me because I will work hard to make this class the best… I will not…
Bartering came before money. People swapped one kind of good or service for another. Bartering still goes on today.
Water is one of the most important resources on Earth. Without water, people, animals and plants could not live.
People who play sport need a lot of energy. Different sports people need different kinds of energy.
On 10 July 1969, humans walked on the moon for the first time. People all around the world watched on their TV sets as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped…
Magnets can pull objects towards them or push objects away from them. Some magnets are formed naturally, while others are made by people. You probably have some magnets on your…
Tax is a payment made by a person, company or organisation to a government. We all have to pay tax, whether or not we want to. This title deals with…
Some sportspeople use performance-enhancing drugs to improve their chances of winning. These drugs have no place in sport today.
No country can produce everything that its people need and want, so many countries buy goods from each other. Japan and Australia are two countries that buy many goods from…
From Earth, the sky usually appears calm. But in reality, there are millions of objects hurtling though the skies…
For thousands of years, people traded by swapping precious objects for goods and services. Eventually, cash was invented. Now however, there are many ways that people can make transactions without…
In a democratic society, members of the community vote to decide who will represent them in parliament. But voting is just one of the many ways people can have their…
Forces make things move. They also make things go faster, slow down, stop or change direction.
Three Miners are trapped underground following a rock fall at the Beaconsfield gold mine in northern Tasmania. Plans are under way to search for the three men.
The World Wide Web makes many jobs much quicker and easier. The web can also be used to download all kinds of things, such as movies, books, radio and TV.
Many astronauts have been sent into space. However, in the 1950s no one had ever been to space or to the Moon. During this time, the race to get to…
The time machine takes Georgia and Charlie back to ancient Rome, where they soon find themselves in great danger. Will Georgia and Charlie make it back alive?
Is nuclear energy a good or bad thing? Some people argue that nuclear energy is a good way to fight global warming. Others say that nuclear waste is too dangerous…
In ancient Greece, an inventor, Daedalus, and his son lcarus are asked by the King of Crete to design a prison. Soon, they find themselves in more trouble then they…
Today, Hollywood is known as the movie and television center of the world. It is home to theaters, the Hollywood Walk of Fame and hundreds of film studios. But how…
No single country can produce all the things its citizens want or need so countries trade goods and services with each other. Free Trade happens when governments do not restrict…
