“La science est dans…” — the series

“La science est dans…” — science is in… — is a series of picture books for children published by Éditions Nathan, written by Cécile Jugla and Jack Guichard and illustrated by Laurent Simon. Each 32-page book starts from an everyday object — an egg, a lemon, a sheet of paper, a balloon, a glass — and invites children to experiment and discover the science hidden inside it.

The series received the Roberval Prize for young readers in 2021, and has been published in eight languages: English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Arabic and Chinese. In the United States it is published as There’s Science in…

The books

• “La science est dans l’œuf” and “La science est dans le citron” (2019) — translated into 8 languages;
• “La science est dans le papier” and “La science est dans l’eau” (2020);
• “La science est dans le ballon” and “La science est dans le sucre” (2020) — also in German, Dutch and Chinese;
• “La science est dans le verre” and “La science est dans la pomme de terre” (2021) — the latter also in German;
• “La science est dans le sel” and “La science est dans le trombone” (2021);
• “La science est dans le lait” and “La science est dans le sable” (2022).

Editions around the world

From Amsterdam to Beijing, children can now discover the science in sugar, eggs or paper in their own language. In Dutch, the series is called “De wetenschap van…”; in the United States, it was published by Kane Miller in 2024.

In the press