Collection: Nonfiction

Myke Mollard uses his signature illustrations and engaging text to bring kids up close and personal with dozens of Australian creatures, great and small. He focuses on the comparisons of size and scale, showing us how life thrives from the microscopic to the truly colossal. The creatures and plan...

An LGBTQ+ inclusive guide to consent for children aged 8-10, with beautiful illustrations and questions for further discussion, from the author of the bestselling The Every Body Book. Topics include body autonomy, verbal and nonverbal consent, puberty and privacy and recognizing gut feelings.

Is Daniel Ricciardo your favourite driver? Did you know that Daniel Ricciardo has won eight Grand Prix races and finished on the podium 32 times? Did you know he's entered more F1 Grand Prix than any other Australian driver? Did you know he can eat half a litre of ice-cream in one go? Daniel is a...

A love letter to the swimming spots of Sydney. Swimming Sydney is a tale of 52 swims in and around Sydney that take place over a calendar year. From Palm Beach to Cronulla, Mount Druitt to Bondi, Chris Baker swims at iconic beaches, municipal pools, harbour enclosures, tidal rock pools, bushland ...

The Golden Wok is the cookbook that shows you that a wok isn't just a cooking utensil, it's the pride of any Asian kitchen and the most versatile pan in the home! Covering everything from the basics of how to master wok hei to which wok best suits your culinary needs and featuring over 80 delicio...

Aboriginal art practice in southeast Australia is dynamic, innovative and powerful. This is clear from the diverse artworks in this book which celebrate contemporary Aboriginal artists and their continuation of Ancestral knowledge. The artworks shown are accompanied by commentary and analysis unp...

Choosing a name for your baby is really exciting -- but getting it right can also be a challenge! Information, entertaining and bringing you the very latest news and trends, this baby names book is here to help you choose, and includes: Thousands of inspirational names; Reviews of Australia's mos...

When skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bowl first in the Cricket World Cup final in 2023 against an undefeated Indian team, he knew he was going against conventional wisdom. A fast bowler whose appointment to captaincy was a stroke of genius, Pat Cummins was a leader both on the fie...

To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies--The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon--that were not just successes but lan...

YouTube is the world's most-visited video sharing site. It is home to over 800 million videos and contains a host of amazing clips, many documenting incredible feats of human endeavour and endurance. YouTube World Records 2025 is a glorious interactive celebration of these heroic and often jaw-dr...