Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Science & Technology

Perfect for children of all ages up to the start of secondary school (and for mums and dads who need a hand in helping out with maths homework!)

Trains transport freight and people between many cities and towns, and they provide important transport within cities. Read about early rail vehicles in Australia and the different ways they were powered. Find out about the huge job of building railways across the continent. Learn about the jobs ...

Embark on a visual journey through the roaring history of automobiles. From the nostalgic Golden Age to the record-breakers of the future, you'll learn about the development of automobiles, the brilliant engineers who brought them to life and how roads and motorways shaped our world in this beaut...

Aviation celebrates the ingenuity of aeroplanes, biplanes, monoplanes and helicopters past, present and future.

An illustrated celebration of human error - covering 19 of the most significantly life-changing or random discoveries: from the invention of firework, potato chips, coffee, post-It notes, or X-Rays. An illustrated celebration of human error - covering 19 of the most significantly life-changing or...

Do you know how long it would take you to drive to the sun? Or whether you'd like to go on a space vacation? Be truly amazed by these awesome facts about our planet, our solar system, and our universe! Find out: How long it would take you to drive to Pluto? What the weather is like on Neptune? Ho...

From space stations to underground tunnels, superstructures to jet engines; marvel at the landmark achievements in engineering from across history and around the world. Stunning artwork recreates each engineering wonder, with stylish diagrams, engaging text and photos adding to the fascination an...

Follow the development of fairground rides, as they have grown taller, scarier, and more fantastical through engineering skill, design and ambition. Get to grips with the mind-boggling advances that have been made in engineering. Find out about awe-inspiring buildings and technology.

Supertall skyscrapers shape city skylines all over the world, but how do we make them so tall? The books in this series are filled with impactful artwork, diagrams and explanations that make the awesome feats of engineering easy to understand. It presents a chronology of landmark engineering achi...