 Leonie Pratt with her award While often the adult award gets more of the media focus the fact this book won demonstrates what children are looking for to make science fun - practical activity. On shortlisting, the Junior Prize judging panel said: "A good doing book. with so many practical activities to engage children they won't be able to put this book down!" Comments from the children judging the books frequently commented on the 'fun' they had. So perhaps those bemoaning the lack of people going into the sciences need to focus on getting children engaged by making, doing and experimenting. The judging panel comprised, Keith Chambers (chair of judges), educator and passionate advocate for outdoor learning; Sonali Gudka, Newsround presenter; Ottoline Leyser, Professor of Plant Development Genetics; Catherine Kendall, Royla Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow and JonTickle host of Brainiac.
The remaining shortlisted titles are: Ask Dr K Fisher about animals, by Claire Llewellyn, illustrated by Kate Sheppard, Kingfisher Publications How the incredible human body works, by the Brainwaves, written by Richard Walker, illustrated by Ralph Lazar and Lisa Swerling, Dorling Kindersley It's elementary!, by Robert Winston, Dorling Kindersley Serious Survival: How to Poo in the Arctic and Other Essential Tips for Explorers, by Marshall Corwin, Collins Why is snot green? Science Museum question and answer book , by Glenn Murphy, Macmillan Children's Books (
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