That's science for girls and boys and anyone else.
Following are some recommendations of cool #sciencebooks you might want to try.
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@LetToysBeToys @BertramBooks @booksaremybag
£7.99
Inspired by Roald Dahl's classic tale, a collection of science experiments for children to try at home. With explanations and easy-to-follow instructions: includes home-made slime and erupting volcanoes. 5 & up
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![Cover of George's Marvellous experiments.<br />
Background is squared maths paper, with splodges. Foreground is white old woman's head, looking grumpy; white boy stirring a pot of boiling liquid, holding jars and surrounded by potions. There's a scared-looking flying scrawny brown hen.<br />
Author and title are in big capitals in the middle of the page. They're all line drawings by Quentin Blake](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1c71dSXgAA6l3s.jpg)
£19.95
A pop-up book of interesting facts about the moon with stylish artwork from Annabelle Buxton, featuring four intricately crafted pop-ups along the way designed by paper engineer Olivier Charbonnel.
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![Cover of pop-up moon.<br />
all drawn/painted imagery<br />
Dark blue background with dark grey clouds scattered about. In the middle is a big cream moon with a rocket flying across the middle of it (diagonally upwards from left to right). The ricket is mainly white with green horizontal stripes, and there's a cutaway of 3 astronauts in the top end near the nose cone (I'm hoping a real-life rocket wouldn't have a cutaway!)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1c9YttWsAATOYs.jpg)
£12.99
A beautifully illustrated collection of the pioneering women, both past and present, who have contributed to engineering, science, technology and mathematics - perfect to inspire the next generation!
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![Grey cover with various women scientists dotted around the title, which is shown in large swirly white writing in the middle.<br />
There are also some line drawings of fossils, butterflies, chemistry jars, atoms, jellyfish inbetween the scientists. Colours used are purple, yellow, blue, teal, pink, orange - muted against the background.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1c-fQGWsAM39gn.jpg)
£9.99
Discover the inner workings of the human body in a humorous, yet wholly accurate way. Colour illustrations and diagrams, text and over fifty flaps, which children can lift to reveal extra detail.
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#nationalscienceweek
![Bright Blue cover. In the middle is a human, laid out like a skelton with an outline, with flaps revealing the lungs, and lower leg.<br />
Around the body are blobs of red, holding little tiny scientists. Cartoon drawings<br />
The title is at the top in yellow fun writing.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1c_-GRWsAAdB1R.jpg)
£2.99
(Pls note: £1 p&p if total order is under £5)
Search in the night sky with this i-SPY guide. This fun activity book encourages kids to look above them, from stars and constellations to the moon and eclipses, in search of i-SPY points.
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![Pocket book. black cover with a big photo of the moon in the middle. The title is in white at the top. It says](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1dA3_SWoAA6pKH.jpg)
£9.99
A visual dictionary covering core National Curriculum biology, chemistry and physics.
I love the #basher books - the funny pictures and descriptions make it easy to remember the facts!
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#nationalscienceweek
![Cover of book. Pale blue background with title at the top.<br />
Under title are 6 squares of the pictures in the book, amplitude, ion, heart, acid, virus, semiconductor. All all illustrated in a cartoony way.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1dBr_5W0AA9J8j.jpg)
£11.99
Engineering principles are demonstrated to children in this book of projects using everyday objects to construct a bottle submarine, a smartphone boombox, a weather vane and more.
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#nationalscienceweek
![A very busy cover. black background with the title in capitals across the left middle.<br />
Drawings of <deep breath> horseshoe magnet, nuts, planets, rocket, screws, soundwave, batteries, scissors, wrench, protractor, ball of string, pencil, knife, crocodile clips, light, tape!](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1dDpRoWwAIy3G5.jpg)
#BritishScienceWeek
£6.99
I love this one - aimed at ks1, it simply shows how electric circuits power equipment, what gas does, where water comes from. Lovely illustrations that don't miss anything!
#britishscienceweek #sendmybook
![Cover of How Does my Home Work?<br />
A really colourful cover with the title in white writing on a blue background in the middle, surrounded by images from the book (in squares). Including a black girl looking in a fridge, a pylon, a house, a white man in high-viz clothing drinking water, a white boy and white girl playing a computer game, an iron, a lamp, a toaster, a kettle...](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1iqmApXgAM3Ejv.jpg)