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Jerome Pohlen
Readers follow Einstein’s life alongside explanations of his scientific contributions, with experiments and thought experiments intended to help make the ideas tangible.
Mark Twain
Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi, encountering scams, feuding families and difficult moral choices. Huck’s comic, vernacular narration turns their adventure into a story about conscience, slavery and the gap between respectable behaviour and cruelty.
Jon Balchin
Expect a broad historical tour told through individual scientists’ lives and work, rather than a single subject in depth. Topics range from geometry and medicine to cosmology, atomic particles and the Internet.
Cathy Evans, Polya Plavinskaia
Why Do We Sleep? by Cathy Evans, illustrated by Polya Plavinskaia, introduces sleep through topics including body rhythms, dreams, sleep stages, animals and hibernation. It also covers sleep-related myths and ways to think about sleep habits. Bright collage-style illustrations accompany short sections of information, with a glossary and a flow chart about sleep quality.
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Richard Spilsbury
This is an explanatory introduction to avalanches, combining physical science with real-world examples and practical safety information. Its photographs, fact boxes and timelines offer several ways into the subject, while the glossary and further-information section support readers meeting unfamiliar terms.
F. R. Hitchcock
A lively, fast-moving adventure blends slapstick humour with the playful fascination of miniature things. Its central appeal lies in the collision between an ordinary boy’s unusual power and consequences he cannot control, alongside friendship and school tensions.
Juan Felipe Herrera
A visually presented introduction to Hispanic and Latino American figures whose work spans culture, public life, science, sport and the arts. It offers short life sketches rather than one continuous narrative.
Russell Freedman
A lively introduction to Franklin’s changing roles, from printer and experimenter to civic organiser and statesman. It presents a broad historical journey supported by period images and reference material, with perseverance and inventive thinking prominent in the portrait.
Kenneth Oppel
This is an urgent science-fiction adventure with horror elements: invasive plants threaten communities, while three young people investigate why they are unaffected. Alongside survival, the opening gives attention to illness, self-image, friendship and family relationships.
Johanna Bell
This is an inviting, fact-rich beach exploration book: a repeated search pattern encourages participation, while illustrations and tucked-away information reward close observation. The final foldout shifts discovery towards imagination.
Jenny Jacoby
A colourful reference book for browsing, looking up terms or reading entry by entry. It ranges across biology, physics, technology, engineering and maths, pairing each of 100 concepts with illustrations and explanations.
Giselle Clarkson
A lively invitation to look closely at slugs, bees, spiders and other small creatures in familiar places. Its blend of humour, sketches, factual detail and observation activities makes ordinary surroundings feel worth investigating.
Clive Gifford
A lively, visually supported introduction to what AI is, how it can be used and where it appears—from games and art to homes, space and the human body.
Devin Dennie
Expect a visually led introduction to geological specimens rather than a continuous story. The book’s appeal lies in comparing appearances and learning brief facts about a broad selection of rocks, minerals and gems.
Ben Martynoga
This is an energetic introduction to rewilding that combines serious environmental information with cartoons, unusual natural examples and clearly explained scientific ideas. Its central message is hopeful: restoring nature could help both ecosystems and people.
Jill Frankel Hauser
A lively, practical introduction to investigating science through homemade mixtures. Its main appeal is doing: children explore observable changes while encountering scientific vocabulary and ideas such as density, emulsions and polymers.
Emily Gravett
A useful bridge from enjoying animal stories to thinking about how an ecosystem works.
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