Books by Nicola Davies
Green: The Story of Plant Life on Our Planet
Nicola Davies, illustrated by Emily Sutton
“The visual language of science can be beautiful. I was particularly drawn to a picture of a cross-section of a leaf. It is visually fun, but actually it’s very similar to the sorts of diagrams that you get in a biology textbook… This is very scientific, the idea of a diagram that takes us from something we can see to things we can’t see, and how the things that we can’t see fit together.” Read more...
Best New Science Books for Children: Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2025
Tamsin Mather, Scientist
“It is incredibly rich and beautiful. It is a future-looking ecological dystopia, but I think there’s also a lot of utopia in there too. Nicola has an extraordinary way of creating a view of what a very different world could look like, and what characters within that world could be doing. It’s a very beautiful story, that’s the bottom line of it, and I love its subtlety. But it races along as well, it’s a fabulous adventure story.” Read more...
The Best Ocean Novels for 10-14 Year Olds
Helen Scales, Biologist
Interviews where books by Nicola Davies were recommended
The Best Ocean Novels for 10-14 Year Olds, recommended by Helen Scales
Marine biologist Helen Scales reflects on the power of stories to bring all kinds of readers into the ocean realm. She recommends books for children and young adults, and explains why her selection focuses on novels for readers age 10-14.
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Green: The Story of Plant Life on Our Planet
Nicola Davies, illustrated by Emily Sutton -
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Patience...
Rachel Williams, illustrated by Leonie Lord -
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The Wild Life of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals
by Mike Barfield & Paula Bossio (illustrator) -
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The Animal Body Book
by Jess French & Jonathan Woodward (illustrator) -
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The Rocks Book
by Nancy Dickmann -
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The History of Information
by Chris Haughton
Best New Science Books for Children: Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2025, recommended by Tamsin Mather
Best New Science Books for Children: Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2025, recommended by Tamsin Mather
The Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize celebrates the best new science books for kids. Professor Tamsin Mather, Earth scientist and chair of the 2025 judging panel, introduces this year’s shortlist and explains how scientific storytelling can awaken children’s sense of exploration of the world around them.
