Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Environment

Look around you--plastic is everywhere! It's in your shoes, pens, toothbrush, car, toys, TV, water bottles, food packaging... It's almost impossible to get through one day without using it. And it's creating major problems for our world, our oceans, our animals and marine life, and ourselves. In ...

What is a glacier calf? Which animals turn white in winter? Who was the first explorer to reach the South Pole? In Focus: Polar Lands has the answers. In Focus is a new information series, featuring magazine-style pages, top 10 lists, fast facts, quickfire quizzes, and more.

Pollution can come from nature but is also produced by humans. It is a problem that requires rapid solutions both within Australia and internationally due to the growing human population and the increase in size of cities. Pollution In Australia explores the problem as well as explaining the step...

A fascinating insight in to some of the incredible invertebrates that lived on Earth millions of years ago. Hundreds of millions of years before humans had evolved, our planet was already teeming with life. In prehistoric oceans, stony deserts, warm swamps and vast grasslands, there lived an incr...

With fast facts, mini missions, and engaging artwork, Rainforests in 30 Seconds explores the extraordinary ecosystems of the world's rain forests. Each topic is presented in a concise 30-second summary, supported by a 3-second flash soundbite and full-colour artwork. Fun, active elements for kids...

There are rainforests in almost every state and territory of Australia, ranging from tropical to temperate. Queensland is one of the only places in the world that boasts all five kinds of rainforest in one state! Come along with us and we?ll learn how the rainforest ecosystem works as we visit so...

Why do disasters happen and can they be predicted or prevented? From natural mega-eruptions to terrifying man-made catastrophes, read what expert investigators have to say about these lethal real-life disasters.

Discover the extraordinary ways nature has come back from the brink in this collection of 20 environmental success stories from around the world, written by Dr Helen Scales and beautifully illustrated by Good Wives and Warriors. From humpback whale populations thriving again in the freezing seas ...