Bromley High Junior School pupils have been selected to form the judging panel for The Royal Society, to choose the winner of the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2023.

Over the coming weeks, our judges will be reading and reviewing the shortlist of six books and sharing their views.

The Young People’s Book Prize aims to promote literacy in young people and to inspire them to read about science. It also supports the writing of excellent, accessible STEM books for under 14s.

A shortlisting panel made up of scientists, an actor, a teacher, and children’s authors has whittled down dozens of titles to six of the year’s most fascinating books:

  • A Bug’s World by Dr Erica McAlister, illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman
  • Am I made of Stardust? by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, illustrated by Chelen Écija
  • Bodies, Brains and Bogies by Paul Ian Cross, PhD, illustrated by Steve Brown
  • Live Like a Hunter Gatherer by Naomi Walmsley, illustrated by Mia Underwood
  • Ben Rothery’s Deadly and Dangerous Animals by Ben Rothery
  • Step Inside Science: Germs by Sarah Hull, illustrated by Teresa Bellón