Books
Children's & young adult general non-fiction
42 Is Not Just a Number
By Doreen Rappaport
Hardback, AUS $27.99, NZ $29.99
An eye-opening look at the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and became an American hero.
Can We Help?
By George Ancona
Illustrated by George Ancona
Hardback, AUS $24.99, NZ $27.99
Real kids make a real difference in their communities in this vibrantly photographed chronicle by George Ancona.
Great Explorers
By Stewart Ross
Illustrated by Stephen Biesty
Paperback, AUS $19.99, NZ $24.99
Join the world’s bravest explorers on some of the greatest journeys ever made in this exciting paperback edition of Into the Unknown: a highly acclaimed book.
House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery
By Liz Rosenberg
Illustrated by Julie Morstad
Hardback, AUS $19.99, NZ $22.99
An affecting biography of the author of Anne of Green Gables is the first for young readers to include revelations about her last days and to encompass the complexity of a brilliant and sometimes troubled life.
Journeys: Young Readers’ Letters to Authors Who Changed Their Lives
By Library of Congress Center for the Book
Hardback, AUS $29.99, NZ $32.99
Books can change lives — and here are more than fifty powerful letters from young readers to authors revealing some of the ways that is true.
Journeys: Young Readers’ Letters to Authors Who Changed Their Lives
By Library of Congress Center for the Book
Paperback, AUS $15.99, NZ $17.99
Books can change lives — and here are more than fifty powerful letters from young readers to authors revealing some of the ways that is true.
Lincoln and His Boys
By Rosemary Wells
Illustrated by P. J. Lynch
Paperback, AUS $16.99, NZ $18.99
“Rarely does a biography so robustly engage the audience's emotions.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
My Brigadista Year
By Katherine Paterson
Hardback, AUS $24.99, NZ $27.99
In an engrossing historical novel, the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia follows a young Cuban teenager as she volunteers for Fidel Castro’s national literacy campaign and travels into the impoverished countryside to teach o
Open Mic
Hardback, AUS $24.99, NZ $27.99
Using humor as the common denominator, a multicultural cast of YA authors steps up to the mic to share stories touching on race.
Sinking the Sultana
By Sally M. Walker
Hardback, AUS $34.99, NZ $37.99
The worst maritime disaster in American history wasn’t the Titanic. It was the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River — and it could have been prevented.