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The Real Thing
Like your stories to be true? Check out this list of the best non-fiction we could find.
The Drum
This series from black dog books is all about people who did important things when they were young. People like Ned Kelly, Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, the Anzacs, and the golddiggers during the Eureka Stockade.
The books are non-fiction, but each chapter starts with a piece of fiction from ‘someone who was there’, to get you into the mood.
Do Not Open & Pick Me Up
Throw away your Guiness Book of Records – these are the ultimate coffee-table books for the fact-loving connoisseur. Want to know how to confuse an angry seagull? The meaning of life? How to break the time barrier? What the Roman Empire has in common with McDonald’s? These are the books for you.
We Are the Weather Makers
Worried about global warming? So is Tim Flannery. In this book written especially for young people, Flannery argues passionately for the urgent need to address the implications of global climate change.
Australia: Locked Up
Our prisons, detention centres and camps have housed convicts, prisoners of war, Aborigines, women, children, refugees and asylum seekers. Brutal floggings, hangings, the stocks and the treadmill are part of the story; so are pardons, evening classes and picnics for prisoners. Packed with information and prompting fundamental questions about our society, Australia Locked Up is stern but illuminating reading.
The Dragon Companion
People have been telling stories about dragons for more than 3000 years. Five-headed dragons, fire-breathing dragons. As big as mountains, as small as dogs. Dragons that can be moody and dragons that have secrets — dragons that are brave or cowardly, smart or stupid, good or downright evil.
In The Dragon Companion, Carole Wilkinson gives you an encyclopedia of the most amazing dragon stories ever told.
Jacky Daydream
Sure you know Tracy Beaker, but do you know anything about her creator? Jacqueline Wilson takes a look back at her own childhood in this captivating story of friendships, loneliness, books, toys, parents and much more. She explores her early years with the same warmth and lightness of touch that imbues her novels and covers such difficult issues as her parents' extra-marital affairs with delicacy.
Singing for Mrs Pettigrew
This work offers an invaluable insight into storytelling from one of today's greatest writers. This collection by the 2003-2005 Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, contains short stories, essays and commentaries to illuminate the craft of storytelling. Analyzing all aspects of writing - character, plot, sources and inspiration, retelling and biography - it is perfect for anyone, young or old, who loves great stories and wants to know more about the art of telling tales.
Unpolished Gem
This is an original take on a classic story - how a child of immigrants moves between two cultures. Unpolished Gem offers a vivid and ironic sense of both worlds. It combines the story of Pung's life growing up in suburban Footscray with the inherited stories of the women in her family - stories of madness, survival and heartbreak.
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