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This offers a childhood-focused view of Newton: a curious boy observing, recording and making things before becoming known for scientific achievements.

Expect an energetic blend of imaginative field trips and science learning. The book offers factual material through class conversations, reports and illustrations, making curiosity and discovery central to the reading experience.

A compact, fact-focused introduction to dinosaurs, likely suited to sharing aloud or browsing together.

This is a compact introductory reference about people and places, organised around questions concerning cultures, languages, geography, customs and notable historical topics.

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.

A lively introduction to a mathematician whose curiosity shapes both his work and his way of living. The book combines biography with number puzzles, equations and visual discoveries, presenting collaboration and mathematical thinking as central parts of Erdős’s life.

This is an inclusive, informational picture book that introduces children to different conditions and abilities through a shared gardening project. Its central invitation is to ask respectful questions, recognise individual strengths and see difference as part of community life.

This is an imaginative animal adventure with a clear home-and-exploration shape, enriched by detailed wildlife imagery and factual material about a real rat and its rainforest habitat.

Choose this for a visually led introduction to Leonardo’s many fields: art, invention, music, mathematics and observation. It offers breadth, historical context and striking machines rather than a narrowly focused account.

A true, illustrated account of a boy who wonders how things work, teaches himself from old science books and builds a windmill for his drought-ravaged village. The emphasis is on persistence and practical invention.

This is a lively guide to finding creativity and confidence through magic, comedy, circus skills and science. It mixes practical activities with encouragement to practise, check facts, share ideas and accept that people can grow and change.

A visually rich shared-history book that links humanity’s beginnings in Africa with creativity, discovery and belonging. Poetry invites reflection, while the timeline adds factual context beyond the main narrative.

Expect energetic science learning through comic dilemmas, illustrations, experiments and short factual explanations. The book offers hands-on routes into physics, including light, electromagnets, compasses, telephones and periscopes.

This is an interactive introduction to rainforests, organised around children’s questions and answers. Its activities and memory-game cards may make factual exploration more participatory than a straightforward read-through.

This is a fact-rich visual tour of flowers, moving from basic botany and plant parts to habitats, pollination, unusual species, threats to plants and ways to grow flowers.

A hands-on game for learning and recognising bug names, colours and appearances, with opportunities to encounter both familiar insects and less familiar species from around the world.

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.

A gentle first look at artificial intelligence, designed to make a technically complex subject discussable through brief explanations and visual engagement. Its main offering is an introductory concept-building experience rather than a detailed account of AI’s capabilities or consequences.

A visually led introduction to a pioneering fossil hunter, linking Mary Anning’s life with discoveries about fossils, evolution, geology and palaeontology. It combines biography with factual explanation and reconstructed imagery.

A visually rich geology reference covering rock and mineral types, formation, gems, fossils, uses and related activities, with information arranged through photographs, diagrams, maps, comparisons and glossary features.

Expect a lively, fact-focused browse through questions about bodies, animals, space, technology and society. The short question-and-answer structure supports curiosity-led reading rather than a single continuous narrative.

This offers an engaging, fact-led exploration of animal mouths, using surprising comparisons and interactive guessing to make biology feel playful. The glossary may help readers meet unfamiliar scientific vocabulary.

A broad, browsable introduction to everyday science and the natural world, built around children’s questions. Its mixture of concise answers, visuals, fact boxes and matching activities supports dipping in rather than reading straight through.

This is a lively biographical account of Harry Weiss’s early interest in performance, linking circus excitement with the beginnings of his later career as Harry Houdini.

This offers an engaging route into predator facts, combining science information with dramatic imagery and suspenseful language. Its strongest appeal is likely curiosity about animals and how predators behave.

A focused biography of a pioneering mathematician, linking childhood curiosity with consequential work at NASA. Its strongest offering is a clear portrait of expertise, persistence and African American women’s contribution to space history.

A visually rich biography about how Peter Mark Roget’s love of words and lists developed into the thesaurus. It combines personal history with ideas about language, organisation, medicine, invention and learning.

A visually dramatic introduction to astronomy and space phenomena, with English and Spanish presented side by side in one edition.