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Geeky Non Fiction for kids
The Children's Library has lots of nonfiction on your favorite geeky subjects. Here are some fun ones to get you started.
The real spy's guide to becoming a spy by Peter Earnest and Suzanne Harper, in association with the Spy Museum
The big book of spy stuff by Bart King; illustrations by Russell Miller
The dangerous book for boys by Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
Star Wars head to head by Pablo Hidalgo
Lego Star wars: character encyclopedia by written by Hannah Dolan with Elizabeth Dowsett, Shari Last, and Victoria Taylor
The Lego ideas book: unlock your imagination by author, Daniel Lipkowitz
Crazy concoctions: a mad scientist's guide to messy mixtures by Jordan D. Brown; illustrated by Anthony Owsley
Discovery Channel young scientist challenge: taking science to the extreme! by Rosanna Hansen and Sherry Gerstein
Wizardology: a guide to wizards of the world by edited for the modern reader by Dugald A. Steer and A.J. Wood
The sorcerer's companion: a guide to the magical world of Harry Potter by Allan Zola Kronzek and Elizabeth Kronzek
The Avengers: the ultimate guide to the Earth's mightiest heroes! by written by Scott Beatty, Alan Cowsill, & Alastair Dougall
DC super heroes: the ultimate pop-up book by Matthew Reinhart
The new way things work by David Macaulay, with Neil Ardley
Cool stuff 2.0 and how it works by written by Chris Woodford and Jon Woodcock
Coolest cross-sections ever by illustrated by Stephen Biesty; written by Richard Platt
Uncover technology by [text by Olivia Brookes]; illustrated by Peter Kent
Guinness World Records, 2012 by [editor-in-chief, Craig Glenday]