Maria Andzelm was a Catholic teenager growing up in Nazi-occupied Poland. One by one, her Jewish friends and neighbours were hauled away to undisclosed locations, never to be seen or heard from again. Then Maria’s family took in two Jewish men. They hid them in a box underneath the floor of their barn. Every day, Maria brought them food to satisfy their stomachs and books to feed their minds. She did this every day for two years–and paid a terrible price.

Read Maria’s stirring story as well as the gripping accounts of five other teenagers who willingly put their lives in jeopardy for the sake of saving Jews during World War II. 

In a collection of dramatic true animal stories, a gorilla cares for a little boy who falls into her cage at the zoo, a cat saves an infant's life and a dolphin rescues a drowning woman.

These and more exciting true stories offer the best in real-life drama for animal lovers!

William Bligh unpeels the layers of some of the most incredible circumstances in Australia's colonial history.

Some people may have heard of the famous mutiny on the bounty; others may have heard of the rum rebellion coup; but the details in and around these events are largely unknown and truly extraordinary. This is precisely what the latest book reveals.

Beautifully written by Michael Sedunary and complimented with the stunning artwork of Australia's most prominent ceramic artist Bern Emmerichs — this is an exceptional book.

Sidney Nolan is one of Australia's most admired and recognised visual artists. This is the story of how he developed his iconic Ned Kelly series of paintings, brought modernist art to Australia and took Australian art to an admiring international audience.

32-pp softcover.

As a boy, David Cox lived in the dusty outback on a sheep station. His lessons came in a brown envelope from the Correspondence School, but out of doors his father was his teacher. David learned the stockman's skills of riding horses and mustering sheep and cattle; and when they were out riding his father would tell stories about old times. Sometimes they would repair stockyards or fences, and when the job was done his father would step back and say, 'Well, it's good enough for a sheep station.'

David Cox concludes the moving story of his country childhood that began with The Road to Goonong and continued with The Fair Dinkum War.

Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop was an Australian army surgeon during WWII. Weary was among the Allies taken as prisoners of war in Java and moved to Thailand to work on the grim Thai-Burma railway. This is the story of how Weary's bravery, tenacity and compassion helped save the lives and bolster the spirits of Australian POWs.

32-pp softcover.

Celebrate the extraordinary men and women
who have shaped Australia's history.

Nancy Bird Walton grew up during the golden age of aviation. By the time she was 13, Nancy knew she wanted to fly. When she was 18 Nancy studied under the famous aviator Charles Kingsford Smith.

This is the story of how Nancy began her career as Australia's first female commercial pilot.

Based on the true story of a quilt made by convict women
on board the Rajah, bound for Australia.

Lizzie Flynn has nothing but her name when she boards the Rajah bound for the penal colony of Australia. On board, the convict women were given a 'useful bag' containing, among other things, fabric and needle and thread. They were taught to sew, and together they made the Rajah quilt, which is currently housed in the National Library.

Claire Saxby, illus Elizabeth Newcombe. 32-pp hardcover. Primary.

The friendship between Captain Arthur Phillip and Aboriginal Bennelong is one of Australia’s most important and intriguing stories, yet it remains largely unknown... 

The Unlikely Story of Bennelong and Phillip is the second book in a series of books from Berbay Publishing exploring first settlement history in Australia. This extraordinary story of the friendship between Captain Arthur Phillip and Aboriginal Bennelong is one of Australia’s most important and intriguing stories, yet it remains largely unknown.

The background of first settlement heightens the polarity between the worlds of these two people — traditional Aboriginal culture and values versus European culture and values.

The book has been beautifully written by Michael Sedunary and is perfectly complemented by the extraordinary artwork by celebrated Australian ceramic artist, Bern Emmerichs.

The truth about the assault on Gallipoli is finally being told
— in an action-packed graphic novel format!

Gallipoli: The Landing takes the events of 25 April 1915 and presents them in a full-colour comic that's both action-packed and historically accurate. Rather than a botched attack planned by indifferent British generals, the Gallipoli campaign was carefully thought out and included an amphibious attack on the beach by Anzac officers.

Hugh Dolan and Mal Gardiner bring the real story to life, describing the lead-up and the attack on Gallipoli in detail — from both sides of the fighting. Including biographies of all the key military figures as well as detail about the preparations for the landing itself, Gallipoli: The Landing dispels many myths associated with the Gallipoli campaign and establishes some of the reasons why the campaign in the Dardanelles eventually failed.

This extraordinary story about the friendship between Captain Arthur Phillip and Indigenous man Bennelong is one of Australia's most important and intriguing stories, yet remains largely unknown.

56-pp softcover. Primary.

Celebrate the extraordinary men and women
who have shaped Australia's history.

Captain Cook was the first European to discover the eastern coast of Australia. Along with his crew on the HMB Endeavour, Cook set out from England with royal orders to look for signs of the great southern land known as Terra Australis, which they chartered in 1788.