The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II by Michael Rosen
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A personal, powerful and resonant account of the Holocaust by one of the best-loved children's authors. By turns charming, shocking and heart-breaking, this is the true story of Michael Rosen's search for his relatives who "went missing" during the Second World War - told through prose, poetry, maps an ...Show more
Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion (Graphic Biography) by Jordi Bayarri (Illustrator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Graphic Science Biographies Ser.
Isaac Newton's youth was marked by constant curiosity. As he began a life of research and experiments, he turned this curiosity into major insights about the workings of Earth and the universe. He even developed three laws to explain the motions of objects. This graphic biography moves from Newton's chi ...Show more
Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution (Graphic Biography) by Jordi Bayarri (Illustrator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Graphic Science Biographies Ser.
Charles Darwin's scientific work transformed the way people think about life on Earth. From his childhood in England to his pivotal ocean voyages, he took every opportunity to study the natural world. And he helped shape a new understanding of how life forms change over time. This graphic biography high ...Show more
The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: a Tale of the Genius Ramanujan by Amy Alznauer; Daniel Miyares (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A young mathematical genius from India searches for the secrets hidden inside numbers -- and for someone who understands him -- in this gorgeous picture-book biography. A mango . . . is just one thing. But if I chop it in two, then chop the half in two, and keep on chopping, I get more and more bits ...Show more
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
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Category: Biography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams
From the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., the inspiring minister and civil rights activist. Little Martin grew up in a family of preachers: his dad was a preacher, his uncle was a preacher, his grandfather was a preacher...so maybe he'd ...Show more
David Attenborough (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
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Category: Biography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams | Reading Level: near fine
In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of David Attenborough, the inspiring broadcaster and conservationist. Little David grew up in Leicester on the campus of a university, where his father was a professor. As a child, he spent hours in the scien ...Show more
Become a Leader Like Michelle Obama (Work It, Girl) by Caroline Moss
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Category: Biography | Series: Work It, Girl
In this imaginatively illustrated book from the Work It, Girl series, discover how Michelle became an inspirational leader, FLOTUS, lawyer, author, and role model in this true story of her life. Then, learn 10 key lessons from her work you can apply to your own life. Michelle Obama grew up on the South ...Show more
Taking the Lead - How Jacinda Ardern Wowed the World by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
An inspiring illustrated story for children about Jacinda Ardern, and her meteoric rise to become the world's youngest female leader.Nobody is too young to start changing the world.When Jacinda was little, she wanted to be a clown. But when she saw schoolmates who didn't have lunch, or even shoes, she k ...Show more
Greta and the Giants by Zoe Tucker
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Greta is a little girl who lives in a beautiful forest threatened by Giants. When the Giants first came to the forest, they chopped down trees to make houses. Then they chopped down more trees and made even bigger homes. The houses grew into towns and the towns grew into cities, until now there is hardl ...Show more
Mario and the Hole in the Sky - How a Chemist Saved Our Planet by Elizabeth Rusch; Teresa Martínez
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Mexican American Mario Molina is a modern-day hero who helped solve the ozone crisis of the 1980s. Growing up in Mexico City, Mario was a curious boy who studied hidden worlds through a microscope. As a young man in California, he discovered that CFCs, used in millions of refrigerators and spray cans, w ...Show more
Anne Frank by Josephine Poole
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Anne Frank's diary telling the story of her years in hiding from the Nazis has affected millions of people. But what was she like as a small girl, at home with her family and friends; at play and at school? In this book, we meet Anne as a small child growing up with her family in Germany. We also follow ...Show more
50 Real Heroes for Boys by Christy Monson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
50 Real Heroes for Boys teaches young boys everywhere that being a man only requires being yourself--but your best self. Bright, colorful portraits by over a dozen international artists accompany true stories of men who knew that character--things like integrity, kindness, empathy, courage, respect for ...Show more