Author |
Title |
Nomination |
| Peter Ackroyd |
The Beginning |
Booklist 12/15/03 |
| Caroline Arnold |
Hawk Highway in the Sky |
NSTA 1998 |
Caroline Arnold |
Uluru: Australia's Aboriginal Heart |
NSTA 2004 |
| Jim Arnosky |
Babies in the Bayou |
Book List 12/1/06,
Staff |
| Russell Ash |
Incredible Comparisons |
NSTA 1997, Scientific American |
Ruth Ashby |
Rocket Man: The Mercury Adventure of John Glenn |
NSTA |
Nick Baker |
The Amateur
Naturalist |
AAAS/Subaru
SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
Category: Hands-on Science Book 2/21/2006 |
| Molly Bang |
My Light |
Staff, 2004 |
| Robert Bateman |
Safari |
NSTA: OSTB 1999 |
| Ann Bausum |
Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs:
A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews |
Appraisal 2000,
SLJ 3/2000, 5/2003 |
| Melvin & Gilda Berger |
Can it Rain Cats and Dogs?:
Questions and Answers About Weather |
Appraisal 1999,
SLJ 2/2000 |
| Melvin Berger |
Chirping Crickets |
NSTA: OSTB 1999 |
| Melvin & Gilda Berger |
Do Whales Have Belly Buttons?:
Questions and Answers About Whales and Dolphins |
Appraisal,
SLJ 12/1999 |
| Melvin & Gilda Berger |
How do Flies Walk Upside Down? |
SLJ 12/1999 |
| Melvin Berger |
Spinning Spiders |
NSTA |
| Stephen Biesty |
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-sections |
Scientific American 12/1992 |
| Caroline Bingham |
Airplane (from the Machines at Work Series) |
SB&F Best Books 2003 |
| Mindy Bingham |
Berta
Benz and the Motorwagen: The Story of the First Automobile
Journey |
Morrison 1990 |
| Nic Bishop |
The
Secrets of Animal Flight |
Staff |
| Nic Bishop |
Spiders |
Booklist 9/1/2007 |
Lucy Jane Bledsoe |
How to Survive in Antarctica |
Staff, Book List July 2006 |
| Cindy Blobaum |
Geology Rocks!: 50 Hands-on Activities to Explore the Earth |
Appraisal 1999,
SLJ 3/2000 |
| Jonathan Bocknek |
The Science of Plants |
Appraisal
SLJ 1/2000 |
| Hannah Bonner |
When
Bugs Were Big, Plants Were Strange, and Tetrapods Stalked
the Earth |
Booklist 2/15/04, Science Library Journal 2/04 |
| Louise Borden |
Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude |
Science Library Journal 1/04 |
| Dan Bortolotti |
Exploring Saturn |
SLJ 5/04 |
| Dan Bortolotti |
Panda Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife |
SLJ 4/04 |
| Dan Bortolotti |
Tiger Rescue: Changing
the Future for Endangered Wildlife |
SLJ 4/04 |
| Franklyn M. Branley |
Earthquakes |
SLJ 11/1990 |
| Franklyn M. Branley |
Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll |
SLJ 6/1999 |
| Franklyn M. Branley |
The International Space Station |
SLJ 11/2000 |
| David Burnie |
Bird |
Morrison 1989 |
David Burnie |
Endangered Planet |
NSTA |
| Loree Griffin Burns |
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean
Motion |
Staff |
| Denise Burt |
Kangaroos |
Appraisal |
| Peter Busby |
First
to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane |
Margaret Mathy, patron; Jane Crichton, NSTA: OSTB 2004 |
| Bonnie Busenberg |
Vanilla,
Chocolate & Strawberry: The Story of Your Favorite Flavors |
Morrison 1994 |
| Dori Hillestad Butler |
My Mom's Having a Baby |
Booklist Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for Youth 12/2005 |
Chris Butterworth |
Sea Horse:
The Shyest Fish in the Sea |
SLJ 6/2006 |
| Steven Caney |
Steven Caney's Utimate Building Book |
SLJ 1/2007 |
| Michael Capek |
Murals: Cave,
Cathedral, to Street |
Morrison 1996 |
| Eric Carle |
The Tiny Seed |
Staff |
| Laurie Carlson |
Thomas Edison for Kids: His Life and Ideas: 21 Activities |
Science Books & Films Finalist Jan/Feb 2007 |
| Mary Kay Carson |
Emi and the Rhino Scientist |
Book List 12/1/2007 |
Mary Kay Carson
|
Exploring
the Solar System: A History with 22 Activities |
Book List 5/01/2006 |
| Mary Cerullo |
Coral Reef: A City
That Never Sleeps |
SLJ 1/1996 |
| Vicki Cobb |
I Face the Wind |
Booklist 3/15/04, Robert F. Siebert Honor Book |
| Vicki Cobb |
I Fall Down |
NSTA: OSTB 2005 |
| Henry Cole |
I Took a Walk |
NSTA 1999 |
| Sneed B. Collard III |
Butterfly Count |
NSTA: OSTB 2003 |
| Sneed B. Collard III |
One Night in the Coral Sea |
NSTA: OSTB 2006 |
| Sneed B. Collard III |
Pocket Babies and Other Amazing Marsupials |
Booklist 9/15/2007 |
| Sneed B. Collard III |
The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands |
Booklist Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for Youth
12/2005 |
| Michael Collins |
Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story |
SLJ 12/1996 |
Heather Couper &
Nigel Henbest |
Big Bang |
NSTA 1998 |
Victoria Crenson |
Horseshoe Crabs and Shorebirds: The Story of a Food Web |
NSTA |
| Joy Crowley |
Chameleon, Chameleon |
Booklist Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for Youth 12/2005 |
Nancy Crystal &
Milan Tytla |
You Won't Believe Your Eyes! |
Staff |
| Jacqueline Davies |
The Boy Who Drew Birds:
A Story of John James Audubon |
NSTA: OSTB 2005 |
| Nicola Davies |
Extreme Animals:
The Toughest Creatures on Earth |
Book List 12/1/2006 |
| Nicola Davies |
White Owl, Barn Owl |
Staff |
| James M. Deem |
Bodies From the Bog |
SLJ 9/1998,
Hornbook 7/8-1998 |
| Marfé Ferguson Delano |
Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein |
Booklist Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for Youth
12/2005 |
| Marfé Ferguson Delano |
Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of
Thomas Alva Edison |
NSTA: OSTB 2003 |
Leslie Dendy &
Mel Boring |
Guinea Pig Scientists |
Booklist Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for Youth
12/2005
Young Adult / Teen Selection by Staff |
| Jennifer Owings Dewey |
Once I Knew A Spider |
NSTA: OSTB 2003 |
Jennifer Owings Dewey |
Paisano, The Roadrunner |
NSTA: OSTB 2003 |
| Michael A. DiSpezio |
Eye-Popping Optical Illusions |
SLJ 7/2001 |
| Michael A. DiSpezio |
Map Mania: Discovering Where You Are & Getting to Where
You Aren't |
Staff |
| Norma Dixon |
Lowdown on Earthworms |
SB&F 1/2007 |
| Paul Doherty, Don Rathjen & the Exploratorium Teacher
Institute |
The
Cool Hot Rod & Other Electrifying Experiments on Energy and
Matter |
Scientific American
SLJ 7/1996 |
Michael Dooling |
Young Thomas Edison |
Staff, School Library Journal 2/06 starred review |
| Rebecca Kai Dotlich |
What is Science? |
SB&F 1/2007 |
| John Downer |
Weird
Nature |
Booklist 8/2002 |
| Trent Duffy |
The Clock |
SLJ 5/2000 |
| Madeleine Dunphy |
Here is the Tropical Rain Forest |
Staff |
| Keith DuQuette |
They Call Me Wooly: What Animal Names Can Tell Us |
NSTA: OSTB 2003 |
| Amy Ehrlich |
Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson |
NSTA: OSTB 2004 |
| Arlene Erlbach |
Soda Pop:
How It's Made |
Morrison 1994 |
NEW 5/5/2008
Kate Evans |
Weird Weather: Everything You Didn't Want to Know About
Climate Change But Should Probably Find Out |
Young Adult / Teen selection by Staff |
| John Farndon |
Flight: Science Experiments |
SB&F 2004 |
Jeanette Farrell |
Invisible Allies: Microbes
that Shape Our Lives |
Booklist Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for Youth
12/2005
Young Adult / Teen selection by Staff |
Jeanette Farrell
|
Invisible Enemies: Stories of Infectious Diseases |
Young Adult / Teen selection by Staff |
| Roxana Ferllini |
Silent Witness: How Forensic Anthropology is Used to Solve
the World's Toughest Crimes |
Young Adult / Teen selection by Staff |
| John Fleischman |
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science |
Young Adult / Teen selection by Staff |
Dennis Brindell Fradin |
With a Little Luck: Surprising Stories of Amazing Discoveries |
Staff, Booklist 2/1/2006 |
| Anthony D. Fredericks |
In One Tidepool: Crabs,
Snails and Salty Tails |
SB&F Jan/Feb 2004 |
| Vivian French |
Growing Frogs |
SLJ 5/2000 |
| Vivian French |
T. Rex |
NSTA |
| Helen Frost |
Monarch and Milkweed |
School Library Journal 1/2008 |
| Mark Galan |
There's Still Time: The Success of the Endangered Species
Act |
NSTA 1998 |
| Roma Gans |
How do Birds Find Their Way? |
SLJ 4/1996 |
| Robert Gardner |
Forensic Science Projects with a Crime Lab You Can Build |
Staff |
| Gail Gibbons |
Caves and Caverns |
SLJ 1/1994 |
| Gail Gibbons |
From Seed to Plant |
Staff |
| Gail Gibbons |
Gulls, Gulls, Gulls |
NSTA 1998 |
| Gail Gibbons |
Marshes & Swamps |
NSTA: OSTB 1999 |
| Gail Gibbons |
Penguins! |
NSTA: OSTB 1999 |
| Gail Gibbons |
The Puffins Are Back! |
SLJ 5/1991 |
| Clive Gifford |
Robots |
SB&F Best Books 2003 |
| Andrew Glass |
The Wondrous Whirligig: The Wright Brothers' First Flying
Machine |
NSTA |
Josie Glausiusz |
Buzz: The Intimate Bond Between
Humans and Insects |
Teen / YA Selection by Staff,
VOYA 2/2005 |
| Celia Godkin |
Fire! The Renewal of a Forest |
Book List 8/2006,
Staff |
Linda Goldenberg
|
Little People and a Lost World:
An Anthropological Mystery
|
Book List 12/1/06, Staff |
Larry Gonick
& Craig Criddle |
The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry
|
SB&F 7/8, 2005
YA selection |
| Keith Good |
Gear Up!: Marvelous Machine Projects |
SLJ 6/2000 |
| Jane Goodall |
The Chimpanzees I Love:
Saving Their World and Ours |
NSTA: OSTB 2002
SLJ 9/2001 |
| Susan E. Goodman |
Bats,
Bugs and Biodiversity: Adventures in the Amazonian Rain Forest |
SLJ 7/1995 |
Susan E. Goodman |
Skyscraper |
Booklist Top Ten Sci-Tech Books 12/2005 |
| Madeline Goodstein |
Sports Science Projects: The Physics of Balls in Motion |
SLJ 3/2000 |
| Al Gore |
An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming |
School Library Journal 3/2007 |
| Ian Graham |
Satellites and Communications |
SB&F 2004 |
| Brenda Z. Guiberson |
Rain, Rain, Rain Forest |
Booklist 5/01/04 |
| Joy Hakim |
The Story of Science: Einstein Adds a New Dimension |
School Library Journal |
| Kelly Milner Halls |
Dinosaur Mummies: Beyond the Bare-boned Fossils |
Booklist 12/15/03 |
| Istvan & Magdolna Hargittai |
Symmetry:
A Unifying Concept |
Morrison 1998 |
| Joan Harris |
One Wing's Gift: Rescuing Alaska's Wild Birds |
Young Adult / Teen selection by Staff |
| Robie H. Harris |
It's
Perfectly Normal: A Book About Changing Bodies, Growing Up,
Sex, and Sexual Health |
SLJ 7/2003 |
Christian Havard
|
The Wolf: Night Howler |
NSTA 2001 |
| Deborah Heiligman |
From Catepillar to Butterfly |
SB&F Best Books 2004 |
| Deborah Heiligman |
Honeybees |
NSTA: OSTB 2003 |
| Ruth Heller |
Animals Born Alive and Well |
SLJ 2/1983 |
| Ruth Heller |
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones |
SLJ 8/1992 |
| Doug Henderson |
Asteroid Impact |
SLJ 11/2000 |
| Sally Hewitt |
All Kinds of Habitats |
Appraisal,
SLJ 5/1999 |
| Sally Hewitt |
The Five Senses |
Appraisal
SLJ 5/1999 |
| Sally Hewitt |
Growing Up |
Appraisal |
| Sally Hewitt |
You And Your Body |
Appraisal |
| Hickam, Homer H. Jr. |
October Sky
(A movie by the same name was based on this book. The book
was previously published as Rocket Boys.) |
Young Adult / Teen Selection by Staff |
| Hickam, Homer H. Jr. |
Rocket Boys: A Memoir |
Young Adult / Teen Selection by Staff |
| Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. |
Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for
Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages |
School Library Journal 12/2007 |
| Meredith Hooper |
The
Pebble in My Pocket,
A History of Our Earth |
Morrison 1996 |
| Philip Hoose |
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird |
NSTA |
John R. Horner &
Don Lassem |
Digging
Up Tyrannosaurus Rex |
Morrison 1993 |
| Jay Hosler |
Clan Apis
(Graphic Novel) |
Young Adult / Teen selection by Staff |
| Jay Hosler |
The Sandwalk Adventures
(Graphic Novel) |
Young Adult / Teen selection by Staff |
| Meredith Sayles Hughes & Tom Hughes |
Buried Treasure: Roots & Tubers |
NSTA: OSTB 1999 |
| Meredith Sayles Hughes |
Tall and Tasty: Fruit Trees |
Appraisal |
| Mitsuaki Iwago |
Mitsauki
Iwago's Whales |
Morrison 1994 |
| Donna M. Jackson |
The Bug Scientists |
NSTA: OSTB 2003 |
| Sylvia M. James |
Dolphins |
NSTA: OSTB 2003 |
| Martin Jenkins |
Chameleons are Cool |
SLJ 8/1998 |
| Steve Jenkins |
Actual Size |
Booklist 5/15/04 |
Steve Jenkins |
Almost Gone: The World's Rarest
Animals |
School Library Journal 2/2006 |
| Steve Jenkins |
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest |
NSTA 1996 |
| Steve Jenkins |
Dogs and Cats |
Staff |
| Steve Jenkins |
Living Color |
Booklist 8/2007 |
Steve Jenkins
|
Prehistoric Actual Size |
Staff, Booklist 10/15/2005 starred review |
| Steve Jenkins |
The
Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest |
SLJ 5/1999 |
Steve Jenkins &
Robin Page |
What
Do You Do With a Tail Like This? |
Jamie Ross, patron;
Jane Crichton |
| Gallimard Jeunesse |
Bees |
Staff |
| Philip Johansson |
The Temperate Forest:
A Web of Life |
NSTA |
| Jinny Johnson |
Simon & Schuster Children's Guide to Insects and Spiders |
NSTA 1998 |
| Charlotte Foltz Jones |
Accidents May Happen |
SLJ 6/1996 |
Ruth G. Kassinger |
Dyes: From Sea Snails to Synthetics |
NSTA |
Elin Kelsey |
Canadian Dinosaurs |
Booklist 3/15/04 |
| Elin Kelsey |
Strange New Species |
Staff |
| Peter Kent |
Hidden
Under the Ground: The World Beneath Your Feet |
Morrison 1998 |
| Maryjo Koch |
Pond, Lake,
River, Sea |
Morrison 1997 |
| Stephen P. Kramer |
How to Think Like a Scientist: Answering Questions by the
Scientific Method |
SLJ 5/1987 |
| Terry Krautwurst |
Night Science for Kids: Exploring the World After Dark |
Booklist 12/01/03 |
| Stephen W. Kress as told to Pete Salmansohn |
Project Puffin: How we Brought the Puffins Back to Egg Rock |
NSTA 1998 |
| John Kricher |
Peterson
First Guide to Seashores |
Morrison 1992 |
Kathleen V. Kudlinski |
Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! |
Booklist 12/2005
Starred review |
| Jane & Christopher Kurtz |
Water Hole Waiting |
NSTA: OSTB 2003 |
Kathryn Lasky |
Interrupted Journey:
Saving Endangered Sea Turtles |
Staff |
Kathryn Lasky |
The Man Who Made Time Travel |
NSTA |
| Kathryn Lasky |
Monarchs |
Morrison 1994 |
| Kathryn Lasky |
Surtsey:
The Newest Place on Earth |
Morrison 1993 |
| Patricia Lauber |
Flood: Wrestling With the Mississippi |
SLJ 11/1996 |
| Patricia Lauber |
Summer of Fire:
Yellowstone 1988 |
Hornbook 9/10 1991
SLJ 9/1991 |
| Patricia Lauber |
The Tiger Has a Toothache: Helping Animals at the Zoo |
Appraisal
SLJ 12/1999 |
| Patricia Lauber |
You're Aboard Spaceship Earth |
SLJ 6/1996 |
| Robin Kittrell Laughlin |
Backyard Bugs |
Staff |
| Bianca Lavies |
Mangrove
Wilderness:
Nature's Nursery |
SLJ 6/1994 |
| Bianca Lavies |
Tree
Trunk Traffic |
Morrison 1989 |
John Lawrence |
Sea Horse:
The Shyest Fish in the Sea |
SLJ 6/2006 |
| Kristan Lawson |
Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas, with
21 activities |
NSTA:OSTB 2004 |
| Carol Lerner |
On the Wing: American Birds in Migration |
Hornbook 9/10 2001
SLJ 9/2001 |
| Don Lessem |
The Iceman |
Morrison 1994 |
Matthys Levy &
Mario Salvadori |
Earthquake Games: Earthquakes and Volcanoes Explained by
32 Games and Experiments |
Scientific American 12/1998 |
| Ted Lewin |
Tooth and Claw: Animal Adventures in the Wild |
NSTA: OSTB 2004 |
| Claire Llewellyn |
Starting Life Butterfly |
NSTA: OSTB 2004 |
John Long
|
Dinosaurs |
Booklist 8/2007 |
Wayne Lynch
|
Prairie Grasslands |
School Library Journal 1/2007 |
Wayne Lynch
|
Rock Mountains |
School Library Journal 1/2007 |
| Elizabeth MacLeod |
Marie Curie: A Brilliant Life |
NSTA: OSTB 2004 |
| Dianne M. MacMillan |
Cheetahs |
NSTA 1998 |
| Betsy Maestro |
Story of Clocks & Calendars: Marking a Millennium |
Booklist 12/01/03 |
| Lisa Magloff |
Watch Me Grow: Frog |
Science Library Journal |
Kenneth Mallory |
Diving to a Deep-Sea Volvano |
NSTA 2007 |
| Kenneth Mallory |
Swimming With
Hammerhead Sharks |
Hornbook 7/8 2001
SLJ 7/2001 |
Pater Malone
|
Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale |
Staff |
Celeste Davidson Mannis
|
Snapshots: The Wonders of Monterey Bay |
SLJ 6/2006 |
New 5/5/2008
Sandra Markle |
Finding Home |
Booklist 2/15/08 |
Sandra Markle |
Growing up Wild: Penguins |
NSTA: OSTB 2003 |
| Sandra Markle |
Outside and Inside Dinosaurs |
Hornbook 9/10 2000
SLJ 11/2000 |
| Sandra Markle |
Outside
and Inside Kangaroos |
Maddie Kay, patron |
Sandra Markle |
Outside and Inside Mummies |
SLJ 9/2005 review, Staff |
Sandra Markle |
Slippery, Slimy Baby Frogs |
Book List 5/01/2006 |
Adrienne Mason
|
Skunks |
NSTA 2007 |
Jim Mastro &
Norbert Wu |
Antarctic Ice |
NSTA: OSTB 2004 |
Emily Arnold McCully |
Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor |
Book List 12/1/2006 |
Maryn McKenna |
Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease
Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service |
SB&F 7/8, 2005
Young Adult selection |
| Bruce McMillan |
Nights
of the Pufflings |
NSTA 1996 |
| Bruce McMillan |
The
Weather Sky |
Morrison 1996 |
| Bruce McMillan |
Wild Flamingos |
NSTA 1998 |
| Faith McNulty |
If You Decide
to go to the Moon |
Booklist Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for Youth 12/2005 |
New 5/5/2008
Victoria Miles |
Wild Science: Amazing Encounters Between Animals and the
People Who Study Them |
Young Adult / Teen Selection
School Library Journal 10/2004 |
| Ron Miller |
The Elements: What You Really Want to Know |
NSTA-OSTB 2006 |
| Sy Montgomery |
Encantado Pink Dolphin of the Amazon |
NSTA: OSTB 2003 |
| Sy Montgomery |
The Man-eating Tigers of Sundarbans |
Hornbook 2001
SLJ 3/2001 |
| Sy Montgomery |
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo:
An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea |
Booklist 12/01/2006 |
| Sy Montgomery |
Search for the Golden Moon Bear: Science and Adventure in
the Asian Tropics |
NSTA |
| Sy Montgomery |
The
Snake Scientist |
SLJ 5/1999 |
Sy Montgomery
|
The Tarantula Scientist |
Booklist 3/15/04 |
Gordon Morrison |
Pond |
NSTA: OSTB 2003 |
| Ivan Moscovich |
1000 Playthinks: Puzzles, Paradoxes, Illusions & Games |
SLJ 4/2002 |
Darlyne A. Murawski |
Face to Face with Caterpillars |
Staff |
Darlyne A. Murawski |
Spiders and Their Webs |
NSTA:OSTB 2005 |
| Jim Murphy |
An American Plague:
The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic
of 1793 |
NSTA: OSTB 2004 |
| Pat Murphy, Ellen Klages, Linda Shore and Exploratorium
staff |
The
Science Explorer Out and About: Fantastic Science Experiments
Your Family Can Do Everywhere |
Morrison 1997 |
HP Newquist |
The Great Brain Book: An Inside Look at the Inside of Your
Head |
Young Adult / Teen selection by Staff |
| Jim Ottaviani |
Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists
(Graphic Novel) |
Young Adult / Teen selection by Staff |
| Jim Ottaviani |
Suspended in Language: Neils Bohr's Life, Discoveries, and
the Century He Shaped
(Graphic Novel) |
Young Adult / Teen selection by Staff |
| David Owen |
Hidden Evidence: Forty True Crimes and How Forensic Science
Helped Solve Them |
Young Adult / Teen selection by Staff |
