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 ****