Non-Fiction







Favourite Classic Writers by Nokki Gamble - $3

Find out what inspired writers like J.R.R. Tolkien, Kenneth Grahame and C.S. Lewis to write such favourites as The Lord of the Rings, The Wind in the Willows, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Read extracts from the most popular classics and discover the answers to the questions you’ve always wanted to ask: “Who was Little Lord Fauntleroy?” “Were the Alice books written for a real child?” and “Where is Treasure Island?”

An ex-library book, soft cover.  Copyright 2003.  Very good condition. 

Total weight: 174g








Focus on Asia Korea and Focus on Asia China by Matthew Williams and Victoria Macleay - $4

An overview of the country, including chapters on government, food, religion, history, arts and crafts, primary and secondary industries, and transport. 

An ex-library books, hard cover.  Copyright 2002.  Good condition. 

  Total Weight: 802g






Take a Hike! Around an Amazing World by Richard Merritt - $2

Are you ready to hike around the globe using only this crazy map book to help you?  You’ll see some amazing sights, but beware – all is not as it seems!  As you scale icebergs in Antarctica or ride your camel through Northern Africa, you might find you way is blocked by the strangest things…in fact, the world’s become a maze!

An ex-library book, soft cover.  Copyright 2008.  Very good condition. 

Total weight: 167g







Traditions from Africa by Vivien Golding - $2

Close your eyes and imagine a place where competitions are held to choose the most beautiful man; where messages are beaten out on talking drums to be heard 30 kilometres away; and where people still gather in the twilight to hear tales of how the world was made.  The place you are thinking of is Africa. 

An ex-library book, hard cover.  Copyright 1998.  Very good condition.

Total weight: 466g









A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louie Stevenson - $3

First published in 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic collection of poems has been an enduring favourite with generations of children and parents alike.  Now, to celebrate the centenary of their first publication, the widely acclaimed illustrator Michael Foreman brings a fresh, yet evocative and sensitive interpretation of Stevenson’s words, which memorably conveys all their innocence and wistful enchantment.  Here is a work which is lyrical and haunting – a book which deserves to be part of every child’s heritage. 

An ex-library book, hard cover.  Copyright 1985.  Good condition.

Total weight: 516g





Challenge Your Child book 4 by Becky Daniel - $3

Your child will love the creative and thought-provoking activities found in Challenge your Child.  Each page has been carefully crafted to emphasise one or more level of cognition.  In addition to challenging a child’s knowledge and comprehension, activities guide the child to apply, analyse and synthesis information.  The activities cover a range of topics including logic, English, maths, art and science.  They allow your child to investigate, explore and create while reinforcing basic curricular knowledge.  Best of all, your child can do most of the activities independently with readily available materials at home.  The puzzles, experiments and varied activities in this book are sure to capture your child’s imagination.  Challenge your child today!

Soft cover, as new condition.  Unused.  Copyright 2002.

Total weight: 156g



A Child’s First Library of Learning Series of 11 books - $30

Titles include: Famous Places – How Things Work

Wheels and Wings – Life in the Water – Things to do

Our Body – The World We Live in – Things Around Us

Insect World – Animal Friends – Flowers and Trees 

Hard cover, very good condition.                     

  Total weight: 8665g



 

Reading Magic by Mem Fox - $3

We all hope and expect that our children will learn to read, but how many of us realise we can get our kids in the road to reading long before they start school simply by reading aloud to them every day?  With passion and humour, best-selling author and literacy expert Mem Fox explains why reading aloud to young children has such an impact on their ability to learn to read – and on their entire lives. 

Softcover, good condition.  Copyright 2001. 

Total weight: 137g


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