Children's Book of the Year: STEM

The category, in association with The Week Junior Science + Nature, celebrates excellence in engaging children with STEM subjects. The winner will be a book that explains big ideas clearly, engagingly and accessibly, encouraging readers’ curiosity, sparking their imaginations, inspiring further inquiry and prompting them to share their newfound knowledge.

Shortlist 2026

Bridges

Magda Garguláková

Illustrator - Jakub Bachorík

Post Wave Children's Books

See Inside AI

Alex Frith & Victoria Williams

Illustrator - Beatrix Hatcher

Usborne

The History of We

Author & illustrator - Nikkolas Smith

Rock The Boat

The Wizard's Guide to Magical Experiments

AJ Wood

Illustrator - Jo Rioux

Magic Cat

What If... You Didn't Make Snot?

Emma Young

Illustrator - Super Freak

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