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Books By Mike Barfield - Author

Mike Barfield has been wild about the natural world from an early age. His love of nature took him to King’s College London where he gained a first class honours degree in botany and zoology. After a career in comedy writing for TV and radio, he turned to creating award-winning non-fiction for children built on his love of science and finding things out. He is the winner of the Blue Peter Children’s Book Award 2021 in the ‘Best Book with Facts’ category, and has also been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association for Science Education Children’s Book Prize (twice) and the De Bary Award for Outstanding Children’s Science Books (twice). is an award-winning writer, cartoonist, poet and performer. Internationally popular, he writes and creates funny non-fiction and activity books for young people, published in over 30 different languages. His cartoon feature 'Apparently' has been running in the pages of Private Eye for many years, while his drawings have been displayed in the V&A Museum, London's Cartoon Museum, and Nigella Lawson's downstairs toilet. 

When not busy writing and drawing, Mike performs family-friendly fun-filled shows at schools, libraries and festivals across the country. He has been wild about science and animals from an early age.

Author's Website: https://www.mikebarfield.co.uk/

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A Day in the Life of Fossils, Fire and Other Fantastic Finds

Mike Barfield

Paperback

Pre-order. 11th September 2025

£9.89 £10.99

The World's First Human Cannonball

Mike Barfield

Paperback

Pre-order. 10th April 2025

£9.89 £10.99

Planet Earth: My Life So Far

Mike Barfield

Paperback

Temporarily Out Of Stock

£9.89 £10.99

Feel the Force

Mike Barfield

Hardback

In Stock

£15.29 £16.99

Every Day Amazing

Mike Barfield

Hardback

In Stock

£15.29 £16.99

That's Life!

Mike Barfield

Hardback

In Stock

£13.49 £14.99

Copycat Science

Mike Barfield

Paperback

Not Available

The Mischief-Maker's Handbook

Mike Barfield

Paperback

In Stock

£8.99 £9.99

The Ultimate Excuse Generator

Mike Barfield

Spiral bound

Not Available

Flight School

Mike Barfield

Paperback

In Stock

£8.99 £9.99

The Element in the Room

Mike Barfield

Hardback

Not Available

Element in the Room

Mike Barfield

Hardback

In Stock

£13.49 £14.99

SWAT!

Mike Barfield

Paperback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99