non-fiction

Christiane Engel – How We Lived in Ancient Times

Illustrated by Christiane Engel, ‘How We Lived in Ancient Times’ is an amazing window into history through the lives of children through time, showing the clothes they wore, the food they ate, the games they played, and the amazing worlds they lived in.

Christiane’s wonderful artwork allows the reader to journey back in time to explore prehistoric caves, Egyptian temples, Japanese palaces, Viking villages, and enjoy an exhilarating horseback ride across the Scythian plains.

Available now from Welbeck Publishing.

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Quang & Lien – The Floating Field

Quang & Lien have illustrated ‘The Floating Field’, a nonfiction picture book about a group of soccer-loving boys from a Thai fishing village built on stilts who construct their own floating field and form the Koh Panyee Football Club.

Perfect for fans of stories about sports, beating seemingly impossible odds, and places and cultures not often shown in picture books. This inspiring story is available March 2021 from Lerner/Millbrook Press.

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Quang & Lien – Pionnières!

Discover 50 incredible women from around the world who throughout history have shown incredible courage in standing up against injustice and discrimination.

‘Pionnières ! – 50 femmes au destin extraordinaire’ illustrated by Quang & Lien for Auzou is available now.

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Sam Caldwell – Weird, Wild, Amazing!

Get ready for a whole new look at the world around you. You’re about to meet the weirdest, wildest and most amazing animals on the planet.

‘Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing!’ is packed with vibrant illustrations by Sam Caldwell which will make you laugh out loud and squirm in disgust!

Available now from Hardie Grant Egmont.

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George Doutsiopoulos – Suffragist

Scholastic Classroom Magazines commissioned George to illustrate a story about American suffragist, Alice Paul.

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Christiane Engel – Curious Kids

Young explorers can find out all about the world around them and the creatures that inhabit it in ‘Curious Kids’, a brilliant new non-fiction pop-up series from Little Tiger Press. Grab your copies this May!

Illustrated by Christiane Engel, ‘Bugs and Minibeasts’ includes interesting facts about bumblebees, spiders, butterflies, ants and frogs.

In ‘Sea and Shore’, children can learn all about crabs, fish, dolphins, sea turtles, seahorses, and their habitat in the ocean and along the shore.

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Freya Hartas – Slow Down

Freya Hartas has illustrated ‘Slow Down: Bring Calm to a Busy World with 50 Nature Stories’.

This superb new book inspires a love of the natural world through slowed-down spreads featuring a cresting wave, hatching chick and bee pollinating a flower. Freya’s beautifully detailed artwork encourages you to slow down and take in all the magical transformations happening right in front of you.

Available from Magic Cat this April.

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Susan Batori – Wanted! Criminals of the Animal Kingdom

Meet some of the animal kingdom’s most wanted criminals! They’re all here in this hilarious book of animal case files illustrated by Susan Batori that include rap sheets, mug shots and reports of criminal activity. Available this March from Kids Can Press.

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Olivier Latyk – Egypt

Why is Tutankhamun so well known? Were there any Pharaoh women? Why did the Egyptians make mummies? Was Cleopatra bald?

Discover everything there is to know about ancient Egypt in this great new title for 6-8 year olds illustrated by Olivier Latyk for Deux Coqs d’or.

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Alessandra Psacharopulo : Dinosaurs

Discover all your favourite prehistoric creatures in this awesome new lift-the-flap Dinosaurs book illustrated by Alessandra Psacharopulo. Published by Old Dungate Press.

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