Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Science & Technology

What are materials? What are a material's properties and how do these vary? What is the difference between natural and made materials? Find out the answers to these questions and much more in Be a Scientist: Investigating Materials. This friendly, illustrated series shows how young scientists can...

Why are bubbles always round? Could I ever touch a rainbow? Why can't I remember being a baby? Have you ever not been able to concentrate because there are SO many questions buzzing round your brain? The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions will offer answers to the most bamboozling questions and...

What exactly is a living thing? And what is it made of? A Beginner's Guide to Life on Earth starts with the very basics of life and provides manageable bite sized chunks of information to explain away the mystery behind life on Earth. From bacteria to blue whales, slime moulds to sequoias and eve...

Defy gravity with an access-all-areas pass to the spectacular International Space Station with this behind-the-scenes guide to life in space. Have you ever wondered what life is like in the International Space Station? Or whether plants can grow in space? Or how astronauts go to the loo in zero g...

Does your child dream of a future career be in the exciting world of science? This book will show them that there is so much more to a science career than peering at bacteria through a microscope. The perfect book for budding astronauts, crime scene investigators, brain surgeons, particle physici...

So you want to go into space? WHY?! (No, really-it's sort of a TERRIBLE idea. We humans are perfectly designed for life on Earth. We can walk around, breathe, drink water, eat vegetables, read books, NOT get poisoned or crushed to death when we go outside-it's lovely right where we are.) Not conv...

Kids will go bonkers about this book, where each page is filled with simple bite-size text explaining what amazing machines our bodies are There are plenty of gross bits brought to life by brilliant illustrations that kids will find both hilarious and informative.

This book is for children who like to climb trees, run barefoot, splash in paddles, search for bugs, sing with the birds, taste snowflakes and count the stars. By placing children at the heart of the natural world, the book celebrates our connection with planet Earth and reveals the often surpris...