Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Countries

Get to know our diverse planet with the second edition of Lonely Planet Kids best-selling title. Thoroughly updated and revised and, for the first time, the book will now cover the entire globe with a full page dedicated to every independent country as well as territories that don't officially qu...

"Tu Youyou had been interested in science and medicine since she was a child, so when malaria started infecting people all over the world in 1969, she went to work finding a treatment. Trained as a medical researcher in college and healed by traditional medicine techniques when she was young, Tu ...

Uluru rises high above the plains of central Australia. This landmark is composed of a single piece of sandstone rock that appears smooth from far away. Close up, it has many holes, caves, ribs, and valleys. Find out more about this rock and its value to Aboriginal Australians in Uluru, a Wonders...

Let's go, Globetrotters! We're travelling to the United States of America, the third largest country in the world. Find out what life is like in the United States. Discover how people live, work and play. Learn about the food, culture and language. And learn about some of this unique country's In...

The true story of Australia starts with a piece of land that went for a swim. About 200 million of years ago it floated away from Africa. Very, very, slowly. It was home to dinosaurs and giant animals, then the first Australians showed up and got comfortable. And for a long time this wild and won...

There are more than 4,000 people, animals and objects hiding inside this book. Can you spot them all?