Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize

Given by The Royal Society

198 Works / 200 Items 39,252 Books 700 Reviews 4.0
Stages:
All, Winner (37), Shortlist (196)
Years:
All, 2023 (5), 2022 (6), 2021 (6), 2020 (6), 2019 (6), 2018 (6), 2017 (6), 2016 (6), 2015 (5), 2014 (6), 2013 (6), 2012 (6), 2011 (6), 2010 (6), 2009 (6), 2008 (6), 2007 (6), 2006 (6), 2005 (6), 2004 (6), 2003 (5), 2002 (7), 2001 (4), 2000 (6), 1999 (6), 1998 (6), 1997 (4), 1996 (5), 1995 (5), 1994 (4), 1993 (4), 1992 (6), 1991 (8), 1990 (5), 1989 (4), 1988 (3)
Announced:
March 19: Winner2023 Recent
November 2023: Shortlist2023 Recent

Winner 37

WorkYear
Am I Made of Stardust? by Maggie Aderin-Pocock2023
If the World Were 100 People: A Visual Guide to Our Global Village by Jackie McCann2022
I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe. by Stefanie Posavec2021
Cats React to Science Facts by Izzi Howell2020
Planetarium: Welcome to the Museum by Raman Prinja2019
Optical Illusions by Gianni Sarcone2018
Home Lab: Exciting Experiments for Budding Scientists by Robert Winston2017
How Machines Work: Zoo Break! by David Macaulay2016
Utterly Amazing Science by Robert Winston2015
Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing and Believing by Clive Gifford2014
Look Inside Space (Look Inside (Usborne)) by Rob Lloyd Jones2013
Science experiments by Ian Graham2012
How the World Works: A Hands-On Guide to Our Amazing Planet by Christiane Dorion2011
Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution by Nick Lane2010
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes2009
The Usborne Big Book of Science Things to Make and Do by Rebecca Gilpin2008
Can You Feel the Force? (Big Questions) by Richard Hammond2007
The Global Garden by Kate Petty2006
What Makes Me, Me? (Big Questions) by Robert Winston2005
Really Rotten Experiments (Horrible Science) by Nick Arnold2004
Ocean (DK Guides) by Frances Dipper2003
Human Body: A Photographic Journey Through the Human Body (DK Guide) by Richard Walker2002
DK Guide to Weather by Michael Allaby2001
DK Guide to Space by Peter Bond2000
The Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope by Kirsteen Rogers1999
The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Oceans by David Lambert1998
Blood, Bones and Body Bits by Nick Arnold1997
The Most Amazing Pop-up Science Book by Jay Young1995
Evolution (Eyewitness Books) by Linda Gamlin1994
Science With Weather (Usborne Science Activities) by Rebecca Heddle1994
The Ultimate Dinosaur Book by David Lambert1994
How Nature Works (How It Works) by David Burnie1992
The Amazing Voyage of the Cucumber Sandwich by Peter Rowan1992
Cell Wars (Cells and Things) by Frances R. Balkwill1991
Cells Are Us (Cells and Things) by Frances R. Balkwill1991
The Way Things Work by David Macaulay1989
Living Things (Science Alive) by Robin Kerrod1988

Shortlist 196

WorkYear
Am I Made of Stardust? by Maggie Aderin-Pocock2023
Step inside Science: Germs by Sarah Hull2023
Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals by Ben Rothery2023
Live Like a Hunter Gatherer: Discovering the Secrets of the Stone Age by Naomi Walmsley2023
If the World Were 100 People: A Visual Guide to Our Global Village by Jackie McCann2022
How Was That Built?: The Stories Behind Awesome Structures by Roma Agrawal2022
Microbe Wars by Gill Arbuthnott2022
Fourteen Wolves: A Rewilding Story by Catherine Barr2022
Beetles for Breakfast: And Other Weird and Wonderful Ways to Save the Planet by Madeleine Finlay2022
Fantastically Great Women Scientists and Their Stories by Kate Pankhurst2022
I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe. by Stefanie Posavec2021
Mission Shark Bytes by Sophie Deen2021
Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Bedtime by Lisa Harvey-Smith2021
I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast by Michael Holland2021
100 Things to Know About Saving the Planet by Usborne2021
Inventors: Incredible stories of the world's most ingenious inventions by Robert Winston2021
Cats React to Science Facts by Izzi Howell2020
Gut Garden: A journey into the wonderful world of your microbiome by Katie Brosnan2020
The Everyday Journeys of Ordinary Things by Libby Deutsch2020
In the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido2020
How to Win a Nobel Prize by Barry Marshall2020
Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson2020
Planetarium: Welcome to the Museum by Raman Prinja2019
The Element in the Room: Investigating the Atomic Ingredients that Make Up Your Home by Mike Barfield2019
100 Things to Know About Numbers, Computers & Coding by Alex Frith2019
The Bacteria Book: The Big World of Really Tiny Microbes by Steve Mould2019
Kid Scientists: True Tales of Childhood from Science Superstars (Kid Legends) by David Stabler2019
Science Makers: Making with States of Matter2019
Optical Illusions by Gianni Sarcone2018
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky2018
Exploring Space: From Galileo to the Mars Rover and Beyond by Martin Jenkins2018
Dinosaur Atlas (Lonely Planet Kids) by Lonely Planet Kids2018
Scientist Academy by Steve Martin2018
Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover by Markus Motum2018
Home Lab: Exciting Experiments for Budding Scientists by Robert Winston2017
This Little Pebble by Anna Claybourne2017
A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies2017
100 Things to Know about Space by Alex Frith2017
The Awesome Body Book by Adam Frost2017
If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers by David J. Smith2017
How Machines Work: Zoo Break! by David Macaulay2016
Lift-the-flap First Questions and Answers How Do Flowers Grow? by Katie Daynes2016
Project Body: Bursting with Facts and Activities for 7-10! by John Farndon2016
Rebel Science by Dan Green2016
The Usborne Official Astronaut's Handbook: Everything a Beginner Astronaut Needs to Know by Louie Stowell2016
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops inFact: Level 19: How To Change the World by Isabel Thomas2016
Utterly Amazing Science by Robert Winston2015
Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies2015
Jake's Bones by Jake McGowan-Lowe2015
Night Sky Watcher: Your Guide to the Stars and Planets (Watcher Guide) by Raman Prinja2015
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka2015
Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing and Believing by Clive Gifford2014
What Makes You You? by Gill Arbuthnott2014
The Usborne Big Book of Stars and Planets by Emily Bone2014
Questions and Answers About Your Body (Usborne Lift-the-Flap) by Katie Daynes2014
How Animals Live (How it Works) by Christiane Dorion2014
We've Got Your Number by Mukul Patel2014
Look Inside Space (Look Inside (Usborne)) by Rob Lloyd Jones2013
Buzzing! by Anneliese Emmans Dean2013
The Human Body Factory: The Nuts and Bolts of Your Insides by Dan Green2013
Scholastic Discover More: The Elements by Dan Green2013
The Scoop on Poop!: Lifting the Lid on the science of Poo and Pee by Richard Platt2013
Build the Human Body by Richard Walker2013
Science experiments by Ian Graham2012
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins2012
How the Weather Works: A Hands-On Guide to Our Changing Climate by Christiane Dorion2012
See Inside Inventions (See Inside Board Books) by Alex Frith2012
Out of this World: All the Cool Stuff About Space You Want to Knkow by Clive Gifford2012
Plagues, Pox, and Pestilence by Richard Platt2012
How the World Works: A Hands-On Guide to Our Amazing Planet by Christiane Dorion2011
Blood and Goo and Boogers Too: A Heart-pounding Pop-up Guide to the Circulatory & Respiratory Systems by Steve Alton2011
What's the Point of Being Green?: And Other Stuff About Our Planet by Jacqui Bailey2011
What Mr Darwin Saw by Mick Manning2011
The Story of Astronomy and Space by Louie Stowell2011
What Goes On in My Head? (Big Questions) by Robert Winston2011
Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution by Nick Lane2010
We Need to Talk About Kelvin: What Everyday Things Tell Us About the Universe by Marcus Chown2010
Why Does E=mc²?: (And Why Should We Care?) by Brian Cox2010
Everyday Practice of Science: Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic by Frederick Grinnell2010
God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science by James Hannam2010
A World Without Ice by Henry N. Pollack2010
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes2009
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life by Avery Gilbert2009
Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben Goldacre2009
Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer—and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets by Jo Marchant2009
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow2009
Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin2009
Serious Survival: How to Poo in the Arctic and Other essential tips for explorers by Marshall Corwin2008
Ask Dr. K. Fisher About Animals by Claire Llewellyn2008
Why Is Snot Green? by Glenn Murphy2008
How the Incredible Human Body Works . . . By the Brainwaves by Richard Walker2008
It's Elementary!: How chemistry rocks our world by Robert Winston2008
Can You Feel the Force? (Big Questions) by Richard Hammond2007
How Nearly Everything Was Invented By The Brainwaves by Roger Bridgman2007
It's True! Space Turns You into Spaghetti by Heather Catchpole2007
Electricity: An Investigation (Science Investigations) by John Farndon2007
Hurricanes, Tsunamis, and Other Natural Disasters (Kingfisher Knowledge) by Andrew Langley2007
Under Your Skin: Your Amazing Body by Mick Manning2007
The Global Garden by Kate Petty2006
Usborne 100 Science Experiments (100 Science Experiments Il) by Georgina Andrews2006
Think of a Number by Johnny Ball2006
Blame My Brain by Nicola Morgan2006
It's True! Squids Suck by Nicki Greenberg2006
Kingfisher Knowledge: Forensics by Richard Platt2006
What Makes Me, Me? (Big Questions) by Robert Winston2005
Endangered Planet (Kingfisher Knowledge) by David Burnie2005
Mysteries & Marvels of Science by Phillip Clarke2005
Earthquake by Nicholas Harris2005
Children's Night Sky Atlas by Robin Scagell2005
Microscopic Life (Kingfisher Knowledge) by Richard Walker2005
Really Rotten Experiments (Horrible Science) by Nick Arnold2004
The Beginning by Peter Ackroyd2004
Riotous Robots by Dr. Mike Goldsmith2004
Forces and Motion (Adventures in Science) by Sally Hewitt2004
Tell Me Who Lives in Space? (Tell Me...) by Clare Oliver2004
Survivor's Science In the Rainforest (Survivor's Science) by Peter D. Riley2004
Ocean (DK Guides) by Frances Dipper2003
The Terrible Truth About Time by Nick Arnold2003
Hands-on-Science: Get in Gear (Hands-On Science (Innovative Kids)) by Sholly Fisch2003
Dinosaur (Fast Forward Books) by Nicholas Harris2003
The Way Science Works by DK2003
Human Body: A Photographic Journey Through the Human Body (DK Guide) by Richard Walker2002
Suffering Scientists (Horrible Science) by Nick Arnold2002
Life Finds Its Feet (Cartoon History of the Earth) by Jacqui Bailey2002
The Kingfisher Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia by David Burnie2002
Albert Einstein and His Inflatable Universe by Dr. Mike Goldsmith2002
Bugs: A Close-up View of the Insect World (Secret Worlds) by Chris Maynard2002
Materials (Library of Science) by Alastair Smith2002
DK Guide to Weather by Michael Allaby2001
The Big Book of the Brain AKA The Complete Book of the Brain by John Farndon2001
DK Guide to Dinosaurs by David Lambert2001
Epidemic (Eyewitness Books) by Brian Ward2001
DK Guide to Space by Peter Bond2000
The Usborne First Encyclopedia of Our World by Felicity Brooks2000
Evolve or Die by Phil Gates2000
The History News In Space by Michael Johnstone2000
The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Planet Earth (Kingfisher Book Of) by Martin Redfern2000
Brainwaves in the bedroom by Richard Robinson2000
The Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope by Kirsteen Rogers1999
Science School by Mick Manning1999
The Marshall Children's Guide to Astronomy by Jacqueline Mitton1999
Incredible Body : Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections by Richard Platt1999
Big Head A Book About Your Brain And Your Head by Pete Rowan1999
Ask Uncle Albert: 100 1/2 Tricky Science Questions Answered by Russell Stannard1999
The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Oceans by David Lambert1998
Big Bang by Heather Couper1998
How Did I Begin? by Brita Granström1998
Yikes Your Body Up Close by Mike Janulewicz1998
Yum Yum (Wonderwise) by Mick Manning1998
Understanding Your Muscles & Bones by Rebecca Treays1998
Blood, Bones and Body Bits by Nick Arnold1997
What Happens When...? (What's Inside?) by John Farndon1997
The Young Gaia Atlas of Earthcare: An Illustrated Reference Guide to Looking After Our Planet by Miles Litvinoff1997
The Big Bug Search by Caroline Young1997
Microbes, Bugs & Wonder Drugs (Making Sense of Science) by F. Balkwill1996
Everyday Machines: Amazing Devices We Take for Granted by David Burnie1996
Creatures That Glow (Weird and Wonderful) by Anita Ganeri1996
Wild Technology by Phil Gates1996
Our Universe: A Guide to What's Out There by Russell Stannard1996
The Most Amazing Pop-up Science Book by Jay Young1995
The Egg and Sperm Race by Frances R. Balkwill1995
Life (Eyewitness Books) by David Burnie1995
The Robot Zoo: A Mechanical Guide to the Way Animals Work by John Kelly1995
Lucky Science: Accidental Discoveries From Gravity to Velcro, with Experiments by Royston M. Roberts1995
Evolution (Eyewitness Books) by Linda Gamlin1994
Science With Weather (Usborne Science Activities) by Rebecca Heddle1994
The Ultimate Dinosaur Book by David Lambert1994
The Body Atlas: A Pictorial Guide to the Human Body by Steve Parker1994
How the Earth Works (Reader's Digest) by John Farndon1993
"Newsround" Book of Space by Nick Heathcote1993
Jumbo Jets (Built with a Purpose) by Althea Parker1993
Distance (Measure Up with Science) by Brenda Walpole1993
How Nature Works (How It Works) by David Burnie1992
The Amazing Voyage of the Cucumber Sandwich by Peter Rowan1992
Tomorrow's Earth: A Squeaky-Green Guide by David J. Bellamy1992
Dinosaur (Eyewitness Books) by David Norman1992
Big Green Book by Fred Pearce1992
Black Holes and Uncle Albert by Russell Stannard1992
The Big Book of Prehistoric Life by Dougal Dixon1991
Flight (Technology Projects) by Malcolm Dixon1991
Worm's Eye View by Kipchak Johnson1991
The Big Book of Stars and Planets by Robin Kerrod1991
Sounds and Music (Secrets of Science) by Robin Kerrod1991
Why Is Night Dark? (Usborne Starting Point Science) by Sophy Tahta1991
Acid Rain (Conserving Our World) by John D. Baines1990
Helicopters (How It Works) by Ian Graham1990
Dinosaur (Eyewitness Books) by David Norman1990
The World of the Microscope by Chris Oxlade1990
The Time and Space of Uncle Albert by Russell Stannard1990
The Way Things Work by David Macaulay1989
Bricks (Threads S.) by Terry Cash1989
Lots of Rot by Vicki Cobb1989
Ecology (Usborne Science & Experiments) by Richard Spurgeon1989
Living Things (Science Alive) by Robin Kerrod1988
Space Probes and Satellites (Space scientist) by Heather Couper1988
Medicine (Visual Sci. S) by Bruce Durie1988

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