Children's Non-Fiction : Geography and Social Studies

The CHILDREN IN OUR WORLD picture book series helps children make sense of the larger issues and crises that dominate the news in a sensitive and appropriate manner. With relatable comparisons, carefully researched text and striking illustrations, children can begin to understand why people have different cultures, what are customs and traditions and why understanding people from other cultures is important.



Where issues aren't appropriate to describe in words, Hanane Kai's striking and sensitive illustrations help children visualise the issues with images that are suited to their age and disposition.

ISBN: 9781526310958
Publication date: 10/03/2020
Price: $34.99
Author: Children In Our World
Format: Hard Back

How can you be a good global citizen? By understanding the world we live in and how we can effect change. This book explores the issues around diversity in modern life from the positives around multiculturalism to prejudice, racism and discrimination. It features a case study on Apartheid and ideas for how we can activate against racism.



The I'M A GLOBAL CITIZEN series explores the concept of 'Global Citizenship': recognising that the world we live in is unfair and unequal, but promoting individual and collective action to challenge and change this. Each book has information, fun activities, challenges, case studies and ideas for group and individual action presented with fun illustrations. The books promote the idea that we have power as individuals: each of us can change things, and each of us has choices about how we behave. They encourage children aged 8+ to counter ignorance and intolerance?.

ISBN: 9781445163987
Publication date: 09/01/2020
Price: $23.99
Author: I'M A Global Citizen
Format: Paperback

Dharma celebrates Diwali or the Festival of Lights with her friends and family. It?s a time for sharing and giving happiness to others.

ISBN: 9780994132802
Publication date: 01/03/2016
Price: $25.00
Author: Children Of The Pacific
Format: Paperback

Match the dogs and puppies of 25 breeds from around the world in this beautifully illustrated memory game.

To play, simply place the cards face down and see if you can remember where the dog and its puppy are located.

Collect more pairs than your opponent to win!
With all kinds of breeds included - from Siberian Huskies to Pugs and Dachshunds to Dalmatians - this fun and educational game will appeal to dog lovers everywhere.

ISBN: 9781786272737
Publication date: 11/02/2019
Price: $24.99
Author: Battersea Dogs And Cats Home
Format: Boxed Set

Mount Everest is undoubtedly the most famous mountain on Earth. Hundreds of people clamber to its summit every year, following in Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's footsteps, hoping to experience Earth's highest peak. But there is so
much more to this mountain than the people who climb it. Travel back to its ancient origins, learn about the flowers and plants that grow upon its great flanks, and discover the rich history of religions, myths, and legends that surround this great Sagarmatha, the Goddess of the Sky.

ISBN: 9781911171430
Publication date: 01/10/2018
Price: $32.99
Author: Francis, Sangma
Format: Hard Back

When you were born, a song began...

So begins this lyrical and unique non-fiction picture book by award-winning children's author Nicola Davies. With tenderness and a good deal of heart, Nicola introduces young readers to the universal rights that every child is entitled to under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Using the metaphor of song, the book opens with the arrival of a newborn and its unique 'song', then pans out to explore all the essential things that every song needs to thrive - love, protection, a home, a name, the chance to explore and learn. In the latter half of the book, the issues of child labour, exploitation and war are sensitively introduced to emphasise that we all must play our part in championing children's rights and offering support to those who need it most.

With beautiful and deeply moving watercolour illustrations by award-winning artist Marc Martin, this is a book that encourages children, and the adults in their lives, to speak up for young people all around the world, and to treat one another with compassion and kindness.

ISBN: 9781526361431
Publication date: 19/03/2020
Price: $19.99
Author: Davies, Nicola
Format: Paperback

The fau tree is one of the most useful trees in the Pacific. Maimai prepares fibres from the fau bark so his grandmother can make dance costumes and leis.

ISBN: 9780994132819
Publication date: 01/03/2016
Price: $25.00
Author: Children Of The Pacific
Format: Paperback

This colourfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Chinese and Tibeten folk and fairytales and other stories-providing insight into a rich literary culture.

Favorite Children's Stories from China and Tibet is a captivating collection of stories from different parts of China and Tibet. Enter a mythical world where animals speak and play tricks on each other, and especially on the great striped tiger, often characterized as powerful and strong, but who can be fooled. Also depicted are humans who perform magic, both good and bad; humans who become animals; animals who become human; magic pancakes; wishing cups; fairy boats, a Chinese Cinderella, and a Tibetan creation story. These unique stories are fresh and charming, filled with humorous insights into Tibetan and Chinese culture and life, including the power and influence of the moon and the importance of festivals. They make perfect new additions for story time or bedtime reading and readers of all ages will find much to love within these pages.

Chinese and Tibeten folk tales include:





A Chinese Cinderella
The Country of the Mice
The Wishing Cup
The Story of the Tortoise and the Monkey
A Hungry Wolf
The King of the Mountain
How the Deer Lost His Tale

The Children's Favorite Stories series was created to share the folktales and legends most beloved by children in the East with young readers of all backgrounds in the West. Other multicultural children's books in this series include: Asian Children's Favorite Stories, Indian Children's Favorite Stories, Indonesian Children's Favorite Stories, Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, Singapore Children's Favorite Stories, Chinese Children's Favorite Stories, Korean Children's Favorite Stories, Balinese Children's Favorite Stories, and Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories.

ISBN: 9780804850186
Publication date: 10/07/2018
Price: $16.99
Author: Hume, Lotta Carswell
Format: Hard Back