This page lists the children’s book reviews alphabetically. To see them in chronological order (latest first) click here.
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- Albert Einstein & his inflatable universe – Mike Goldsmith ***
- Algebra and Geometry – Dan Green & Basher ***
- Angry Animals Shuffle Puzzle Book – Nick Arnold ***
- Awesome Astronomy – Raman Prinja ****
- Bang! The Complete History of the Universe – Brian May, Patrick Moore & Chris Lintott ****
- Biology: life as we know it – Dan Green ***
- Body – Richard Walker ****
- Body Science – James Cracknell *****
- Bubbling Biology – Steve Parker ****
- Bulging Brain Experiments – Nick Arnold ****
- Bulging Brains – Nick Arnold ****
- Can You Feel the Force – Richard Hammond ****
- Car Science – Richard Hammond ****
- Chemical Chaos – Nick Arnold ****
- Chemistry (getting a big reaction) – Dan Green & Basher ***
- Climbing the Rainbow and other stories – Carol Arnold ***
- Cobwebs stop wounds bleeding – Richard Platt ****
- Codes: How to make them and break them – Kjartan Poskitt ****
- Cracking Codes – Diana Kimpton ****
- Crackling Chemistry – Steve Parker ***
- Dangerous Dinosaurs Jigsaw Book – Nick Arnold *****
- Desperate Measures – Kjartan Poskitt ****
- Do Try This at Home – Punk Science ****
- Do Try This at Home: Cook It! – Jon Milton ***
- Do You Feel Lucky? – Kjartan Poskitt *****
- Dr Frankenstein’s Human Body Book – Richard Walker ****
- e.encyclopedia of Science – Camilla Hallinan (Ed.) ***
- Earth – Matt Turner ***
- Earthquakes and Volcanoes – Anita Ganeri ****
- Evil Inventions – Nick Arnold ****
- Evolution, nature and Stuff – Glenn Murphy ****
- Evolve or Die – Phil Gates ***
- Explosive Experiments – Nick Arnold *****
- Extreme Science – David Orme ****
- Famously Foul Experiments – Nick Arnold ****
- Fatal Forces – Nick Arnold **
- Feel the Force: pop-up physics fun – Tom Adams *****
- First Encyclopedia of Science – Rachel Firth ***
- Fizzing Physics – Steve Parker ***
- Freaky Food Experiments – Nick Arnold ****
- Frightening Light – Nick Arnold ***
- From Atoms to Infinity [Big Numbers] – Mary & John Gribbin ***
- Galaxies and the Runaway Universe – Raman Prinja ****
- Galileo (What’s Their Story?) – Jacqueline Mitton ***
- Gross Universe – Jeff Szpirglas ****
- Henry’s House: Space – Philip Ardagh ****
- How Cool Stuff Works – Chris Woodford et al ****
- How Loud can you Burp? – Glen Murphy ****
- How the World Works – Christina Dorion & Beverley Young *****
- How to Build a Time Machine – Hazel Richardson ***
- How to Make a Universe with 92 Ingredients – Adrian Dingle ****
- How to Split the Atom – Hazel Richardson ****
- Human Body – Richard Walker ****
- Insect – David Burnie ****
- Inventors & their bright ideas – Mike Goldsmith ***
- It’s All in Your Head – Sylvia Funston & Jay Ingram ****
- Justin Thyme – Panama Oxridge *****
- Killer Energy – Nick Arnold ****
- Leonardo da Vinci & his super-brain – Michael Cox *****
- Life in Space – Helen Orme ***
- Light and Sound (Discovery Science) – Mike Goldsmith ***
- Living Science – Anon ***
- Mammal – Jen Green & David Burnie ***
- Marvin and Milo: Adventures in Science – Caitlin Watson & Vic Le Billon
- Marzipan contains cyanide – Richard Platt ****
- Mathmagicians – Johnny Ball *****
- Mission to the Moon – Alan Dyer ****
- Moon – Stewart Ross ***
- More Murderous Maths – Kjartan Poskitt ****
- Murderous Maths – Kjartan Poskitt ***
- Nature Shockers – Keltie Thomas ***
- Night Sky Atlas – Robin Scagell ****
- Numbers: The Key to the Universe – Kjartan Poskitt ***
- Out Of This World – Clive Gifford ****
- Oxford Children’s Book of Science – Stephen Pople & Charles Taylor ****
- Oxford First Book of Maths – Rose Griffiths ***
- Oxford First Book of Science – Nina Morgan ***
- Oxford First Book of Space – Andrew Langley ***
- Physics: Why Matter Matters – Dan Green ***
- Pick Me Up – David Roberts & Jeremy Leslie (Eds.) *****
- Plagues Pox and Pestilence – Richard Platt ****
- Riotous Robots – Mike Goldsmith ****
- Robots (Discover Science) – Clive Gifford ***
- Rock & Mineral – John Farndon ***
- Science Detectives – Mike Goldsmith ****
- Science Experiments – Ian Graham, Robert Winston ****
- Science Magic in the Bathroom – Richard Robinson ****
- Science Magic in the Bedroom – Richard Robinson ****
- Science Magic in the Kitchen – Richard Robinson ***
- Science Magic in the Living Room – Richard Robinson ****
- Scientists & their mind-blowing experiments – Mike Goldsmith ****
- Scientists Anonymous – Patricia Fara ****
- See Inside Inventions – Alex Frith *****
- Seriously Squishy Quiz Book Pack – Nick Arnold ***
- Shocking Electricity – Nick Arnold ***
- Sounds Dreadful – Nick Arnold ***
- Space Travel – Ian Graham ***
- Space, Stars & Slimy Aliens – Nick Arnold ***
- Space: pop up facts – Peter Bond ****
- Spacecraft and the Journey into Space – Raman Prinja ***
- Star: from birth to black hole – Alan Dyer ****
- Stars and the Dust that Made Us – Raman Prinja ****
- Strange New Species – Elin Kelsey ****
- Stuff that Scares Your Pants Off – Glenn Murphy ***
- Supergeek! Dinosaurs, Brains and Supertrains – Glenn Murphy ***
- The Adventures of Adam the Atom – Casey Waid ****
- The Book of Potentially Catastrophic Science – Sean Connolly ****
- The Book of Time – Adam Hart-Davis ****
- The Cause of Mosquitoes’ Sorrow – Surendra Verma ****
- The Dinosaur Magnet Activity Book – Jill Sawyer ***
- The Essential Arithmetricks – Kjartan Poskitt ****
- The Gobsmacking Galaxy – Kjartan Poskitt ***
- The Incredible Internet – Michael Cox **
- The Magic of Reality – Richard Dawkins *****
- The Mean & Vulgar Bits (Fractions & Averages) – Kjartan Poskitt ***
- The Number Devil – Hans Magnus Enzensberger *****
- The Phantom X – Kjartan Poskitt ****
- The Prometheus Project – Trapped – Douglas E. Richards ****
- The Story of Astronomy and Space – Louie Stowell & Peter Allen ****
- The Stunning Science of Everything – Nick Arnold *****
- The Terrible Truth about Time – Nick Arnold ****
- The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science – Neil A. Downie ****
- The Way Science Works – Robin Kerrod & Sharon Ann Holgate *****
- The Way The Universe Works – Robin Kerrod & Giles Sparrow ****
- Thyme Running Out – Panama Oxridge ****
- Time Travel for Beginners – Mary & John Gribbin ****
- To the Planets and Beyond – Raman Prinja ***
- Transform[ed]: How Everyday Things Are Made – Bill Slavin *****
- Usborne Look Inside Science – Minna Lacey ****
- What Makes Me Me? – Robert Winston *****
- What Mr Darwin Saw – Mick Manning & Brita Granström ***
- What’s Science All About? – Alex Frith, Hazel Maskell, Lisa Jane Gillespie, Kate Davis ****
- Wholly Irresponsible Experiments! – Sean Connolly ****
- Wholly Irresponsible Exploits! – Sean Connolly ****
- Why Explore? – Susan Lendroth ****
- Why is Snot Green – Glen Murphy ****
- Wow Events that Changed the World – Philip Ardagh ***
- Wow Ideas that Changed the World – Philip Ardagh ***
- Your Planet Needs You – Dave Reay *****
- Zodiac: Celestial Circle of the Sun – Jacqueline Mitton & Christina Balit ****