Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Environment

What is a coral reef actually made of? What microscopic creatures take shelter in the coral and become its food? Which coral reef resident has stinging tentacles? And which huge creature visits the reef to have its dead skin and parasites nibbled away by a fishy clean-up crew? Packed with facts, ...

Profiles the plants and animals that live in the desert, including cacti, bats, and mountain lions.

Award-winning science writer and geologist Maya Wei-Haas introduces young readers to the fascinating world of rocks through the art of observation. Starting with a friendly question-and-answer format, she explores the diversity of rocks and minerals and how a rock's shape, colour, or texture help...

Helen Scales introduces children to the wonders of shells (from seashells to land snails) through the art of observation. Using a question-and-answer format, she explores the incredible diversity of shells around the world and showcases the environments molluscs inhabit. From what a shell's shape...

Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling.This environmental book will teach keen young ecologists about our actions affect planet Earth. Discover shocking facts about the waste we produ...

Our world is WONDERFUL- and it's worth protecting. This book takes you on a breathtaking tour of our planet- from towering mountaintops, through grasslands, jungles, rivers, deserts, polar wildernesses and into the blue ocean- to discover the incredible variety of life that calls it home. Along t...

What Are You Doing Today, Mother Nature? is an illustrated children's collection of fascinating stories from nature which show the changing of the seasons all around the world. This exquisitely illustrated treasury of narrative non fiction stories about the natural world, organised season by seas...

What do you see when you look at a tree? Leaves and twigs and branches? Or do you see a real, living thing, That moves, and breathes and dances? This picture book explores themes of empathy, mindfulness and personal growth through the eyes of a child. What Do You See When You Look At a Tree? urge...

Explore the devastation left behind by fires and floods though these dramatic stories. Clear text emphasises scientific efforts to better understand how to prepare for and prevent fires and floods, while appropriately high-impact visuals keep readers engaged.

Dramatic illustrations and photos give witness to the harsh reality of hurricanes and tornados. Clear text emphasizes scientific efforts to better understand how to prepare for hurricanes and tornadoes, while appropriately high-impact visuals keep readers engaged.