The shortlist for the Royal Society Book Prize. Details on their website.
After my last class left the library today, I quickly changed a Christmas display to a @royalsociety.org #YoungSciBooks display! Roll on January and the chance to discuss the shortlist! royalsociety.org/news/2025/11...
What happens in nature in eight minutes? What does a frog look like on the inside? What was the first written language? These questions, and many more, are answered in the books shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize: #YoungSciBooks https://bit.ly/3LQoRqI
'The Wild Life of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals' by Mike Barfield, illustrated by Paula Bossio, takes us on a colourful tour through the prehistoric animal kingdom, from the earliest life forms under the ocean to the fearsome dinosaurs: #YoungSciBooks royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
'The Rocks Book' by Nancy Dickmann takes you on a trip around planet Earth to uncover the rocks, minerals and precious stones that lie beneath our feet as the ultimate guide to what our world is made of. #YoungSciBooks royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
'The History of Information by Chris Haughton with Loonie Park' takes a look at the ways we share information, and how they've shaped history and transformed our world. #YoungSciBooks royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
'The Animal Body Book', by Jess French, illustrated by Jonathan Woodward, is a friendly introduction to animal anatomy, perfect for any child fascinated by animals or budding veterinarians. #YoungSciBooks royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
In 'Patience', author Rachel Williams and illustrator Leonie Lord offer an antidote to an instant world, encouraging us to slow down and discover what can happen in 18 different periods of time, from a single minute to over a century. #YoungSciBooks royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
What happens in nature in eight minutes? What does a frog look like on the inside? What was the first written language? These questions, and many more, are answered in the books shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize: #YoungSciBooks royalsociety.org/news/2025/11...
Dinosaur experts, award-winning authors and neuroscientists join the shortlisting panel for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, our annual celebration of the best science-books for under-14s: #YoungSciBooks royalsociety.org/news/2025/10/young-peopl...
Got the email at school today to say that we'll be part of the @royalsociety.org Young People’s Book Prize #YoungSciBooks judging process again this year, hooray!
School library display showing copies of all six shortlisted book in this year's Royal Society Young People's Book Prize
New display for our #YoungSciBooks selection from @royalsociety.org . Our school winner as voted by year 8s classes was #WhereAreYoureallyFrom by @adamrutherford.bsky.social
Our fabulous @royalsociety.org #YoungSciBooks judges shared the shortlist, their ideas and experiments with P7 pupils in Seafield Primary School.
All had a blast!
Huge well done to our Science Book Awards Group - Harrison, Jayden, Molly. Lewis and Tristan - for their presentation to Bishopmill P7 pupils @royalsociety.org #YoungSciBooks.
The first meeting of term for our @royalsociety.org #YoungSciBooks judges and the final practice before sharing the shortlist with primary pupils this week.
Our winner! #TeamEA #YoungSciBooks judges will be delighted.
All of the books on the shortlist were amazing 👏.
So delighted to see this fabulous book win the @royalsociety.org Young People's Book Prize!
Congratulations to the awesome Sheila Kanani and Liz Kay.
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A great shortlist and really useful teacher activity sheets from CIEC can be found here:
royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
#YoungSciBooks
Mr Reid in the Physics department and Mrs Shaw in the Biology department, along with Harrison and Tristan, two of the @royalsociety.org #YoungSciBooks judges were interviewed for this term's podcast. Reading Leaders Jamie, Roseanna & Evie interviewed & recorded the episode.
#britishscienceweek2025.
We are very happy to announce that the winner of this year's Royal Society Young People's Book Prize is 'Can you get rainbows in space?', written by Dr Sheila Kanani and illustrated by Liz Kay. #YoungSciBooks royalsociety.org/news/2025/03...
The @royalsociety.org #YoungSciBooks judges were in the lab today. Working on their demos. To be shared with primary schools soon. All from the shortlisted books.
Join us online tomorrow as we announce the winner of the Young People's Book Prize 2024! Meet the authors, hear from the over 700 UK schools, science clubs and youth groups who have judged this year and find out who will take the top spot: #YoungSciBooks royalsociety.org/science-even...
The @royalsociety.org #YoungSciBooks judges were in the science department: planning interactive fun for primary pupils. All from the shortlisted books 📚 😊.
Covers for shortlist: All Bodies are Wonderful by Beth Cox, illustrated by Samantha Meredith (b small) Engineers Making a Difference by Dr Shini Somara, illustrated by Manuel Šumberac and Adam Allsuch Boardman (What on Earth Books) Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani, illustrated by Liz Kay (Puffin) Mission: Arctic by Katharina Weiss-Tuider, illustrated by Christian Schneider, translated by Shelley Tanaka (Greystone Kids) The Expanding World of Data by Tom Jackson, illustrated by Ekaterina Gorelova and Ana Seixas (OUP) Where Are You Really From? by Adam Rutherford, with contributions from Emma Norry, illustrated by Adam Ming (Wren & Rook)
We submitted our results for the @royalsociety.org Young People’s Book Prize this morning. It was very close across the board and initially a dead heat between two books so the panel had a long discussion followed by a revote to decide our winner. #YoungSciBooks #KidLitUK
The books are read, the votes are in! #YoungSciBooks had our students voting for best STEM books for under-14s. Look at what they chose. Thank you @royalsociety.org for this stimulating project.
The Fabulous Five judges have chosen their winner: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? By Dr Sheila Kanani and Liz Kay.
Votes & reviews have been shared with @royalsociety.org.
Yaay for all of the #YoungSciBooks on the shortlist 📚.
The @royalsociety.org #YoungSciBooks judges are totting up their scores for each of the books on the shortlist.
Ease of reading/Interest/Look and Feel/Inspiration.
Who will our winner be? The discussions will continue next week.
@appletonacademy.bsky.social reading group are making their final decisions about the best book on the @royalsociety.org #YoungSciBooks . Difficult decisions!
A new member of our @royalsociety.org #YoungSciBooks judging panel?
No.
Just an interested observer.
More reading, discussing and great fun today with the judges.
The #YoungSciBooks judges were in the science lab today with Mrs Gordon.
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Trying out experiments linked to one of the shortlisted books.
What a brilliant meeting today with our #YoungSciBooks judges.
Harrison was elected Chair of the Panel and he has set the pace!
#books #science #fun.
Welcome to the final week of term!
🎄Sci-Fi S2 book talks
🎄@royalsociety #YoungSciBooks judges' meeting
🎄Library classes
🎄Book Clubs
🎄Modern Languages poems on the Library Christmas tree
🎄Paired Reading
And Much More!
#CountdowntoChristmas 📚🎁.
