Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Biography

Cathy Freeman is an icon of Australian athletics. She won the gold medal for 400m sprint at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She became the first Aboriginal woman to win a gold medal in athletics at an Olympics.

It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where and who I am today. My story is about the power and joy of doing that thing you love and seeing where it can take you. It reflects on my whole tennis journey - from the first time I picked up a ...

Muhammad Ali was one of the most electrifying, inspiring, and confrontational athletes of his generation. At the height of his boxing career, Ali was as despised as he was adored. Loud and aggressive as well as confident and dedicated, he was the quintessential showman, the undeniable champion of...

In this exuberant illustrated memoir, action-packed images and poetic words trace Dion Beasley's fascination with cheeky dogs and his unconventional journey into the world of contemporary art. "Every morning. Is it time yet? Nearly Joie says. Out of the freezer comes the meat. Bones and sausages ...

In What the Artist Saw : Claude Monet, meet the famous French painter. Step into his life and learn how he pioneered the Impressionist movement. Learn all about his love of nature and how he was inspired to paint light, water, and waterlilies. Have a go at producing your own art inspired by what ...

Cleopatra tells her version of events as the ruler of the last ancient Egyptian dynasty. In this hilarious and revealing tell-all, the politically savvy, multilingual, cosmopolitan ruler of Alexandria, Cleopatra, reveals herself to be the world's first influencer. Finally able to tell her own ver...

When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one afternoon and found a book on her bed. It was The Double Helix, James Watson's account of how he and Francis Crick had discovered the structure of DNA, the spiral-staircase molecule that carries the genetic ins...

Beauty queen, kickboxer, lawyer, Rugby League star, activist, writer, lesbian, atheist - the contributors to this collection show the diversity of the Muslim experience and the influence of culture, family and gender in shaping identity. These stories by known and unknown Australian Muslims peel ...