by Nancy Dickmann Rocks book (Lonely Planet Kids), Nicola Davies’ Greenpictorial by Emily Sutton (Walker Books) and Rachel Williams’ PatienceThe films illustrated by Leonie Lord (Magic Cat) have been selected for the 2025 Royal Society Young People’s Book Award.
The aim of the awards is to promote young people’s reading skills by recognizing the best science books for children under 14 years of age.
A shortlist will be sent to over 600 schools, youth groups and reading clubs across the UK, who will select the winner, who will be announced at a ceremony in April 2026.
by Jess French Book Animal bodyThe version illustrated by Jonathan Woodward (DK Children) is also on the list this year A history of knowledge Chris Haughton with Loonie Park (DK Children) and Mike Barfield The wild life of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animalsillustrated by Paula Bossio (Buster Books).
To be continued…