Royal Society Prizes for Science Books - Junior Prize
It seems that this prize is no longer given out.
The Junior Prize is given to the best book written for under-14s. The prize is worth ₤10,000 to the winning author and ₤1,000 to each of the shortlisted authors. See the Aventis Prize page for more information and the general book winners.
- 2009 prize not awarded
- 2008
Big Book of Science Things to Make and Do Rebecca Gilpin, Leonie Pratt and illustrator Josephine Thompson. - 2007 Can you feel the force? Richard Hammond, published by Dorling Kindersley
- 2006 The Global Garden Kate Petty, Jennie Maizels and Corina Fletcher
- 2005 What makes me me Robert Winston
- 2004 Really Rotten Experiments Nick Arnold, illustrated by Tony De Saulles
- 2003 DK Guide to the oceans Dr Frances Dippe
- 2002 DK Guide to the human body Richard Walker
- 2001 DK Guide to weather Michael Allaby
- 2000 DK Guide to space Peter Bond
- 1999 The Usborne complete book of the microscope Kirsteen Rogers
- 1998 The Kingfisher Book of oceans David Lambert
- 1997 Horrible Science Series: Blood Bones and body bits and Ugly Bugs Nick Arnold
- 1996 The World of Weather Chris Maynard
- 1995 The Most amazing pop-up science book Jay Young
- 1994 Eyewitness Guide: Evolution Linda Gamlin; Science with Weather Rebecca Heddle and Paul Shipton; The Ultimate Dinosaur book David Lambert
- 1993 Mighty Microbes Thompson Yardley
- 1992 The Amazing Voyage of the cucumber sandwich Peter Rowan
- 1991 Cells are us and cell wars Fran Balkwill and Mic Rolph
- 1990 Junior: (under-14) Starting Point Science Series:
What makes a flower grow?/What Makes it Rain?/What’s Under the Ground?/Where Does Electricity Come From? Susan Mayes
(under-8) The Giant Book of Space Ian Ridpath - 1989 The Way things work David Macauley and Neil Ardley
- 1988 Science Alive - Living Things Roger Kerrod