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The Royal Society Young People's Book Prize celebrates the best books that communicate science to young people.
This book prize celebrates the best books that communicate science to young people.
The prize is for books written for young people aged up to 14. Science must be a substantial aspect of the book's content, narrative or theme.
Science Experiments by Robert Winston won the prize in 2012. You can see all the past winners and shortlisted books here.
Publishers are invited to submit entries by February each year. Each shortlisted book receives a monetary prize.
An adult panel selects a shortlist of six books. The winning book is then chosen from the shortlist by judging panels of young people from across the UK.
Members of the judging panel from Boston Spa School.
The previous winners are listed below. A list of previous shortlisted entries and a list of all previous judges are also available.
We also award the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books which celebrates outstanding popular science books from around the world.
Winnerwill be announced in November 2013
Shortlistwas announced in May 2013
The winning book is chosen by groups of young people from across the UK. Find out more about taking part in a judging panel.
Robert Winston & Ian Graham: 'Science Experiments' (2012)
Christiane Dorion & Beverley Young: 'How the world works' (2011)
Rebecca Gilpin & Leonie Pratt: 'The big book of science things to make and do' (2008)
Richard Hammond
'Can You Feel the Force?' (2007)
Kate Petty, Jennie Maizels and Corina Fletcher
'Global Garden' (2006)
Robert Winston
'What Makes Me Me?' (2005)
Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles
'Really Rotten Experiments' (2004)
Frances Dipper
'The DK Guide to the Oceans' (2003)
Richard Walker
'DK Guide to The Human Body' (2002)
Michael Allaby
'DK Guide to Weather' (2001)
Peter Bond
'DK Guide to Space' (2000)
Kirsteen Rogers
'The Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope' (1999)
David Lambert
'The Kingfisher Book of Oceans' (1998)
Nick Arnold
'Horrible Science: Blood, Bones and Body Bits and Ugly Bugs' (1997)
Chris Maynard
'The World of Weather' (1996)
Jay Young
'The Most Amazing Pop-Up Science Book' (1995)
'The Ultimate Dinosaur Book' (1994)
Linda Gamlin
'Eyewitness Science: Evolution' (1994)
Rebecca Heddle and Paul Shipton
'Science with Weather' (1994)
Thompson Yardley
'Mighty Microbes' (1993)
David Burnie
'How Nature Works' (1992)
Peter Rowan
'The Amazing Voyage of the Cucumber Sandwich' (1992)
Fran Balkwill and Mic Rolph
'Cells are Us and Cell Wars' (1991)
Ian Ridpath
'The Giant Book of Space' (1990)
Susan Mayes
'Starting Point Science: What Makes a Flower Grow?' (1990)
David Macaulay
'The Way Things Work' (1989)
Robin Kerrod
'Science Alive - Living Things' (1988)
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