Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Countries

Sahar misses her life in Yemen before the terrible civil war started. When her home is bombed and she loses her baby brother, she and her family make the dangerous boat journey to a refugee camp. Sahar and her family end up journeying to Canada as refugees, where they adjust to a very different l...

Do you know springtime in Tokyo is cherry blossom season? Or that on the longest day of summer in Stockholm the sun stays up for 18 hours? Seasons divide the year and bring about changes in the world around us. Different seasons bring warm or cool weather; snow or extreme heat; wet, windy weeks o...

From building techniques and making textiles to creating accurate calendars and understanding the human body. Books in this series show how each civilisation gradually developed their knowledge and applied it, making advances that would dramatically and permanently change how people lived. This b...

Let's go Globetrotters. This exciting series takes students around the world country by country. Inside each book you'll find maps statistics fun facts and photographs as well as current information on the people culture and landscape of each country.

"Follow 16 fantastic themed trails to uncover Singapore's best-kept secrets. Find out about giant metal trees, where to find a rainbow-colored school, why food is left by statues at the Haw Par Villa, and lots more!"--

Singapore was once covered by rainforest, but its now a thriving, cosmopolitan city-state. Find out what life is like in Singapore. Discover Singapore's ethnic diversity and how people life, work and play. Meet some of Singapore's most notable people, and read about the events that shaped this fa...