Royal Society's young people's prize goes to 'well cool' pop-up book

How Machines Work by David Macaulay is praised by school-age judges for story of the mechanics used by a sloth to escape his zoo

The tale of an inventive sloth who outwits his zookeeper with elaborate inventions has won the Royal Society’s young people’s book prize, which champions the best science books for children.

How Machines Work by author and illustrator David Macaulay scooped the £10,000 prize at a ceremony in Cardiff on Monday afternoon. The picture book, which shows working cogs on the cover and pulleys and a seesaw inside, uses pullouts and pop-ups to explain engineering and simple mechanics.

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