Power is changing our world every day. But where does this power come from? Will it ever run out?

Power. We need it to light our houses, heat our lounge rooms and make our cars move. Almost everything you use in a day needed power to make it, and to get it to you. Power is changing our world every day. But where does this power come from? Will it ever run out? How is it changing? Switch on with the latest in Power Up!

An innovative and visually sweeping picture book imagines Halley’s Comet observing Earth and its inhabitants at every pass, tracing human evolution over millennia.

First recorded traveling overhead in 240 BCE, Halley’s Comet returns every seventy-six years or so for a fresh glimpse of life on bountiful Earth. In a wondrous story told from the comet’s point of view, the creator of A Green Place to Be weaves scenes of Halley’s hurtling through space with views of Earth and its evolving flora and fauna below. Even as humans gaze up in search of the celestial wanderer—tracking the “broom star” in words and pictures—the comet gazes down, forming gentle conclusions. Each visit reveals how curious and creative humans transform the planet, contributing war and pollution but also a boundless capacity to love. What will the comet find when it passes again in 2061? Time stamps and thorough back matter ground a lyrical and luminously illustrated story in sound historical and scientific research. A kaleidoscope of biodiversity, locales, and peoples, Cosmic Wonder gracefully charts the highs and lows of human civilization through the eyes of a sympathetic watcher.

How does your gut turn the food you eat into the nutrients your body needs? What’s the mind-body connection? And why do we burp?

Dr Liz Bannister takes us inside the body to show us how food is digested, where everything goes and what you can do to keep the energy engine of your body in top form. Like all of the books in the All About the Body series, this is a celebration of the incredible systemswe have in our very own bodies.

• Authored by a paediatric gastroenterologist from The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, this is the third book in our All About the Body series.

• These books are designed to be read cover-tocover and to encourage children to understand the way our incredible bodies work.

• Everyone is talking about gut health. A healthy gut is key to a healthy body, and this book even taps into the mind-body connection.