BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS

Series: George

CHILDREN'S

Released: Aug. 28, 2012

GEORGE AND THE BIG BANG

by Lucy Hawking, Stephen Hawking, illustrated by Garry Parsons

Like their first two collaborations, the Hawkings' third and final George book offers a hybrid mixture of made-up adventures in space/time interleaved with miniessays on, as one character unoriginally puts it, "life, the Universe, and everything." Read full book review >

Cover art for GEORGE’S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE

CHILDREN'S

Released: Oct. 23, 2007

GEORGE’S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE

by Lucy Hawking, Stephen Hawking, Christophe Galfard, illustrated by Garry Parsons

"Illustrated with line drawings or star photos on nearly every page and with a 100,000-copy first printing, it's likely to sell well—but like many crossovers, it doesn't show much respect for its target audience. (Fantasy. 10-12)"

George's key—unsurprisingly—turns out to be a knowledge of physics, as the young protagonist of this blend of science fact and fiction proclaims after various adventures in space, in school, with a gang of bullies and an evil mad scientist. Read full book review >