Katherine Rundell said children can handle hefty themes, but finds it “bad manners to offer a child a story and give them ...

Preston and Child have collaborated on more than 30 books ever since their debut novel, “Relic,” was published in 1995. Their latest sees the return of their popular character Aloysius Pendergast, an ...

Simple words like "force" and "particle" can mislead us as to what reality is actually like. Physicist Matt Strassler unpacks ...

When children are very young, they will — even if they’re wiggling — listen when a book is read to them. As they get older, this becomes more difficult, given the distraction of screens and ...

Lion Television, producer of Horrible Histories, has been commissioned to produce Horrible Science for CBBC, BBC iPlayer and BBC Bitesize. The new show, similar to Horrible Histories, will feature ...

Charlie McDowell’s “The Summer Book,” starring Glenn Close ... formula of comedic excellence and educational value to ‘Horrible Science,” said Patricia Hidalgo, director of BBC children ...

The series is inspired by the Horrible Science books written by Nick Arnold and illustrated by Tony De Saulles. Arnold said: “It’s amazing to think that nearly 30 years since Horrible Science ...