Cats make everything about 5 billion percent cooler, it's a scientific fact - and it's not the only one crammed into "Cats React to Science Facts" by Izzi Howell.

Prepare yourself for a mind-bending combination of cuteness and amazing eye-boggling science crammed into this zany and attractively presented book for younger would be scientists (and of course cat fans).

Find out why you can't burp in space, or how cow farts could actually make electricity.

Find out how your ears pick up sounds and translate these into messages your brain understands.

Learn all about weird materials that exist in our world, or strange creatures that lurk in our rainforests and deserts.

Each catty fact comes with a "React-O-Meter" ranging from "WOW!" to "Mind-Blowing".

With tons of cute (and not so cute) kitties to guide you on your way, it's a science smorgasbord with a furry tail! Let's take a peek inside...

Learn all about materials with a collection of fuzzy little buddies.

Ear Ear! How do your ears work?

Sum this book up in a sentence: A superb little science book for younger kids, but C (who adores cats in any shape or form) absolutely lapped this up like a cat laps up gold top!

"Cats React to Science Facts" by Izzi Howell is out now, published by Wayland Publishing (kindly supplied for review). 

Our Second Book of the Week is quite literally a tasty treat. Grow, pick and cook ingredients for some amazing dishes in "The Kew Gardens Children's Cookbook"

Not to be confused with Gabriel Alborozo's awesome book, "The Colour Thief - A Family's Story of Depression" deals with one of the hardest subjects to broach for younger readers. It's also a very tough book to review without sounding slightly ham-fisted about the subject, but we will try our best.

Andrew Fusek-Peters and Penny Peters have written the story of a young boy who sees his father's behaviour and whole outlook on life radically change as he begins to suffer from depression.

The story, along with accompanying illustrations from Karin Littlewood, caringly and touchingly describes how the dad changes, subtly at first but more pronounced as depression takes hold - and reinforces the point that the boy may feel that he's somehow to blame (but obviously isn't).

Powerful allusions are made, comparing depression to feeling like being trapped in a block of ice, with life on pause though obviously life goes on.

The book's illustrations change in tone from colourful and happy, to dark and cloudy. Showing that help can be sought and that it takes a long time sometimes for that help to become effective, it answers many of the questions children might have but perhaps can't seek from their family members directly involved.

We've only seen one other book on the blog that touches on this most sensitive subject (Shaun Tan's "The Red Tree" also makes reference to depression in many ways), but "The Colour Thief" more directly maps to real-life situations that children can perhaps more readily and clearly identify with.

A hugely important book, expertly developed and written and something that would be a huge huge help for children struggling to understand the symptoms and the changes that depression can cause.

Charlotte's best bit: The slow transformation for the dad as he gets the help he needs, and slowly but surely heads on the road to recovery

Daddy's Favourite bit: An expert and sensitive treatment of a hugely difficult subject to put across in understandable terms for children, but a book that will be a real help to children in families where a member suffers from depression. Important, and deserving of a gigantic amount of recognition.

(Kindly sent to us for review by Hachette / Wayland Publishing)