Where Are You Really From? by Adam Rutherford
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology
'Laugh out loud funny - and you'll learn lots too!' - Adam Kay, author of Kay's Anatomy Who do you think you are? Have you ever thought about who you might be related to? What if we told you that you were related to EXTRAORDINARY EMPERORS, GREAT KINGS and MAGNIFICENT QUEENS? Well, your majesty, you ar ...Show more
The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics by Susan Hood; Christiane Engel (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology
Thoughtful and thought-provoking, this book will plant the seeds of environmental activism in young readers. --Kirkus (starred review)"I encourage everyone to read this book." --Dr. Jane Goodall There's no doubt about it--plastic is in almost everything. From our phones and computers to our toys and ute ...Show more
Lift-the-Flap Questions & Answers: How Does it Work? by Katie Daynes
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology | Series: Questions and Answers
How things around us work, from the internet to medicine, money, and more. This excellent addition to the ever popular Questions & Answers series lifts the flap on all kinds of gadgets, systems and ideas. It answers questions such as How does electricity get into our walls? Why do waves go up and do ...Show more
What We Throw Away (Usborne Look Inside) by Rose Hall
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology | Series: Look Inside
A positive book about how producing less rubbish can help save the planet. Lift the flaps to see how lots of things we throw away don't really belong in the bin. Find out how rubbish can damage our planet. Then step into a repair cafe and a zero waste shop to discover inspiring ways to produce much le ...Show more
Perfectly Weird, Perfectly You: A Scientific Guide to Growing Up by Camilla Pang
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology
FIND YOUR FEET. DISCOVER YOUR QUIRKS. GROW UP PERFECTLY WEIRD, PERFECTLY YOU. Did you know that ... * Finding your confidence is a lot like programming a computer? * Understanding photosynthesis can teach you about following your passions? * Peer pressure and Isaac Newton have more in common than yo ...Show more
Spacewarp: Colliding Comets and Other Cosmic Catastrophes by Fred Watson
$27.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology
Age range 10+Why do stars twinkle? How’s the best way to start spotting constellations and comets? Is there life beyond Earth? What’s the chance of a catastrophic collision with a killer asteroid?He’s covered the big space questions for adults, now Australia’s very own Astronomer-at-Large Fred Watson em ...Show more
How the Brain Works: The Facts Visually Explained by DK
$37.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology
Have you ever asked yourself why you can't remember anything from before the age of three, why we experience dej vu, or indeed how a bundle of cells in our heads can produce the remarkable phenomenon that is human consciousness? Drawing on the latest neuroscience research, this visual guide makes the hi ...Show more
Solar System - By the Numbers by Steve Jenkins
$12.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology | Series: By the Numbers Ser.
By the Numbers infographic readers, accessible nonfiction packed with full-color cut-paper illustrations from Caldecott honor-winning Steve Jenkins. Solar Systems focuses on ever-astonishing outer space. Through infographics and illustrations readers will learn about the unfathomably huge and fascin ...Show more
One of a Kind: A Story about Sorting and Classifying by Neil Packer
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology
The animal kingdom, modes of transport, musical instruments, art and architectural movements, and even the clouds in the sky … anything and everything can be sorted into groups! Framed by a charming narrative about a father and son, this is a book about categories; on a journey into town, a boy called A ...Show more
A Place Called Home by Kate Baker
$16.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology | Series: Lonely Planet Kids
From city apartments and Dutch houseboats to Mongolian yurts, Maasai mud huts, and underground desert homes, kids discover the different ways people live around the world in this fascinating glimpse into global abodes.
Picturepedia: an encyclopedia on every page by DK
$59.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology
Science and technology, nature, geography, culture, sports and hobbies, and history all combine in this mind-blowing visual encyclopedia. From incredible insects and musical instruments to spacecraft and prehistoric life, and from art and earthquakes to American football and dogs, Picturepedia gives you ...Show more
The History of the Computer: People, Inventions, and Technology that Changed Our World by Rachel Ignotofsky
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology
A strikingly illustrated overview of the computing machines that have changed our world-from the abacus to the smartphone-and the people who made them, by the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of Women in Science. Computers are everywhere and have impacted our lives in so many ways. But ...Show more