Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Environment

Planet Earth. Four elements. One incredible story. Lonely Planet Kids' The Big Earth Book takes children on a rollercoaster ride through history, geography, science and more to show how four elements - earth, fire, air and water - created the world and everything that exists today. Amazing facts,...

The mega human: colossal, clueless... And the biggest hope for life on earth. There are eight billion of us humans. All breathing, eating, fidgeting and thinking deep thoughts. It's an unimaginably large number. Or is it? Say hello to the mega human: all the people in the world smooshed into one ...

Trees tell stories about places. Australia has some of the tallest, oldest, fattest and most unusual trees in the world. They have changed over thousands of years, adapting to this continent's deserts, mountains, and coasts. Many have found clever ways of dealing with drought and fire. Their leav...

Why are trees so important? How many types are there? How do they benefit the environment and wildlife? This book answers these questions and more, tracking the history of trees from the time of the dinosaurs to the current day. A follow up to the highly successful Book of Bees.

What's the difference between the climate and weather? How do we know global warming is real? The answers to these and many more pressing questions are explored in this book through memorable stories, infographic data dumps, and by engineering a solar oven from a pizza box, among other hands-on a...

Sixteen profiles of scientists who are changing the face of science and the future of Earth through their research.

A new take on environmental and social awareness that focuses on the amazing possible future rather than just the negatives, in order to inspire children to take action against climate change, poverty, inequality and pollution. Bright New World is a lavishly illustrated glimpse into a future not ...

Australia is a big country with all sorts of weather. And sometimes extreme weather like bushfires. Bushfires can make a real mess of things. The air fills with smoke. The skies turn red. Ash falls. Precious things burn. But we don't need to be scared, we just need to know all about bushfires and...

Thousands of years ago Indigenous Australians developed ways of managing bushfires so that the landscapes they cared for would not suffer catastrophic destruction. Today firefighters also undertake hazard reduction burns to keep areas safe from monster bushfires.

It's a big question - can mushrooms save the world? Mushrooms and fungi are incredible, as are the mycologists who study them! Mushrooms may be small, but they are big hitters when it comes to keeping our planet healthy. Discover fungi that clean up our oceans, mushrooms that turn ants into zombi...