2021 Shortlist A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You by Mike Barfield illustrated by Jess Bradley Inventors by Robert Winston illustrated by Jessamy Hawke The Humans by Jonny Marx illustrated by Charlie Davis Longlist Copycat Science by Mike Barfield Be Plastic Clever by Amy & Ella Meek illustrated by Sarah Goodreau Fearless by Liam Hackett illustrated by Mike Perry I Like Animals... What Jobs Are There? by Steve Martin illustrated by Roberto Blefari Professor Astro Cat's Deep Sea Voyage by Dr Dominic Walliman illustrated by Ben Newman Question Everything! by Susan Martineau illustrated by Vicky Barker Who Do You Think You Are? by Alice Harman illustrated by Mark "Blok" Magnaye
2020 Winner Rise Up: Ordinary Kids With Extraordinary Stories by Amanda Li illustrated by Amy Blackwell
Shortlist Fanatical About Frogs by Owen Davey How to be an Astronaut and Other Space Jobs by Dr Sheila Kanini & Sol Linero
Longlist When the Stars Come Out by Nicola Edwards illustrated by Lucy Cartwright The Ladybird Big Book of Dead Things by Ned Hartley illustrated by Binny Talib The Lost Book of Adventure by Teddy Keen Humanimal: Incredible Ways Animals Are Just Like Us! by Christopher Lloyd illustrated by Mark Ruffle Heroes by Jonny Marx illustrated by Gerhard van Dyk Plastic Sucks! You Can Make A Difference by Dougie Pointer Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay by Alexandra Stewart illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton
2019 Winner The Colours of History by Clive Gifford illustrated by Marc-Etienne Peintre Shortlist The Element in the Room: Investigating the Atomic Ingredients that Make Up Your Home by Mike Barfield illustrated by Lauren Humphrey Professor Astro Cat’s Human Body Odyssey by Dr Dominic Walliman illustrated by Ben Newman Longlist Flying Colours: A Guide to Flags Around the World by Robert G Fresson Alastair Humphrey's Great Adventurers by Alastair Humphreys & Kevin Ward The Beetle Collector's Handbook by MG Leonard & Carim Nahaboo Absolutely Everything: A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention by Christopher Lloyd The Bacteria Book by Steve Mould Ancient Warriors by Iris Volant & Joe Lillington Peace and Me by Ali Winter & Mickael El Fathi
2018 Winner Real-Life Mysteries by Susan Martineau illustrated by Vicky Barker Shortlist Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Scientists by Adam Murphy & Lisa Murphy Beyond the Sky: You and the Universe by Dara O'Briain illustrated by Dan Bramall
2017 Winner Survivors by David Long illustrated by Kerry Hyndman Shortlist Football School: Where Football Explains the World by Alex Bellos & Ben Lyttleton illustrated by Spike Gerrell Destination: Space by Dr Christopher Englert illustrated by Tom Clohosy Cole
2016 Winner The Epic Book of Epicness: The world's most epic facts in pictures by Adam Frost Shortlist FactFeed: The Ultimate Book of Randomly Awesome Trivia by Penelope Arlon The Silly Book of Weird and Wacky Words by Andy Seed illustrated by Scott Garrett
2015 Winner The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff by Andy Seed illustrated by Scott Garrett Shortlist Animalium by Jenny Broom illustrated by Katie Scott Corpse Talk: Season 1 by Adam Murphy & Lisa Murphy
2014 Winner Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: World War II by Tony Robinson illustrated by Del Thorpe Shortlist Marvellous Maths by Jonathan Litton illustrated by Thomas Flintham The World in Infographics: Animal Kingdom by John Richards illustrated by Ed Simkins
2013 Winner Horrible Science: House of Horrors by Nick Arnold illustrated by Tony De Saulles