NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K–122018

Given by National Science Teaching Association (NSTA)

Other Names: NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children (1973-2002), Children's Book Council/National Science Teachers Association Award
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Reading science trade books is the perfect way for students to build literacy skills while learning science content. The books that appear in these lists were selected as outstanding children's show more science trade books. They were chosen by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). NSTA and CBC have joined forces on this bibliographic project since 1973, when the list was known as Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children and was primarily targeted at grades K through 8. Beginning in 2002, the list has been expanded to include high school as well.

[Succeeds NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children.]
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Categories:
All, Anthropology and Paleontology (4), Archaeology, Anthropology, and Paleontology (26), Biography (57), Biography Plus (1), Committee's Choice (1), Earth Science (9), Earth and Space (3), Earth and Space Science (51), Environment and Ecology (83), Fiction (3), Health Science (4), Health and Science (7), History and Nature of Science (18), Integrated Science (27), Life Science (322), Medicine and Medical Research (4), Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12 (1), Paleontology (3), Physical Science (27), Science and Technology (3), Science as Inquiry (17), Science in Personal and Social Perspectives (2), Science-Related Careers (16), Technology and Engineering (13), Unifying Concepts and Processes in Science (5), No Category (634)
Years:
All, 2024 (41), 2023 (24), 2022 (28), 2021 (34), 2020 (41), 2019 (54), 2018 (53), 1998; 2017 (1), 2017 (56), 2016 (49), 2015 (44), 2014 (55), 2013 (58), 2012 (51), 2011 (45), 2010 (41), 2009 (38), 2008 (33), 2007 (33), 2006 (42), 2005 (37), 2004 (46), 2003 (37), 2002 (42), 2001 (40), 2000 (39), 1999 (33), 1998 (39), 1997 (44), 1996 (65), 1995 (1), 1990 (91), 1976? (1)
Announced:
November 2023: 2024 Recent
WorkYear
Seven Wonders of the Solar System (Smithsonian) by David A. Aguilar
2018
Animal Journal: Land Mammals of the World: Notes, drawings, and observations about animals that live on land by Juan Carlos Alonso
2018
Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science by Jeannine Atkins
2018
Secrets of the Sea by Kate Baker
2018
Moonlight Crab Count by Dr. Neeti Bathala
2018
It's a Fungus Among Us: The Good, the Bad & the Downright Scary by Carla Billups
2018
HelloFlo: The Guide, Period.: The Everything Puberty Book for the Modern Girl by Naama Bloom
2018
Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
2018
Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant by Songju Ma Daemicke
2018
This Book Stinks!: Gross Garbage, Rotten Rubbish, and the Science of Trash by Sarah Wassner Flynn
2018
Bat Count: A Citizen Science Story by Anna Forrester
2018
When the Sun Goes Dark by Andrew Fraknoi
2018
Tall Tall Tree: A Nature Book for Kids About Forest Habitats (A Rhyming Counting Book with STEAM Activities) by Anthony D. Fredericks
2018
Birds Make Nests by Michael Garland
2018
When Planet Earth Was New by James Gladstone
2018
Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done by Andrea Gonzales
2018
The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain
2018
Hawk Mother: The Story of a Red-tailed Hawk Who Hatched Chickens by Kara Hagedorn
2018
Seagrass Dreams: A Counting Book by Kathleen Hanes
2018
Honey Girl: The Hawaiian Monk Seal by Jeanne Walker Harvey
2018
The End of the Wild by Nicole Helget
2018
Ribbit by Jorey Hurley
2018
Catching Air: Taking the Leap with Gliding Animals by Sneed B. Collard III
2018
Exploring Space: From Galileo to the Mars Rover and Beyond by Martin Jenkins
2018
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating
2018
My Journey to the Stars by Scott Kelly
2018
How Animals Build (Lonely Planet Kids) by Lonely Planet Kids
2018
It Starts With a Seed by Laura Knowles
2018
Living Things and Nonliving Things: A Compare and Contrast Book by Kevin Kurtz
2018
Newton's Rainbow: The Revolutionary Discoveries of a Young Scientist by Kathryn Lasky
2018
Super Women: Six Scientists Who Changed the World by Laurie Lawlor
2018
Pup the Sea Otter by Jonathan London
2018
Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd by Mary Losure
2018
The Great Penguin Rescue: Saving the African Penguins by Sandra Markle
2018
Caroline's Comets: A True Story by Emily Arnold McCully
2018
Chasing Space Young Readers' Edition by Leland Melvin
2018
Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner
2018
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca
2018
Mosquitoes Don't Bite Me by Pendred Noyce
2018
Tide Pool Secrets by Narelle Oliver
2018
The Secret Life of the Red Fox by Laurence Pringle
2018
Margaret and the Moon by Dean Robbins
2018
How to Be an Elephant by Katherine Roy
2018
About Habitats: Seashores by Cathryn Sill
2018
Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story by Suzanne Slade
2018
Bees: A Honeyed History by Piotr Socha
2018
Can an Aardvark Bark? by Melissa Stewart
2018
Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future: Adapted for Young Readers by Ashlee Vance
2018
ABCs from Space: A Discovered Alphabet by Adam Voiland
2018
Feathers and Hair, What Animals Wear by Jennifer Ward
2018
Botanicum: Welcome to the Museum by Kathy Willis
2018
When the Sky Breaks: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and the Worst Weather in the World (Smithsonian) by Simon Winchester
2018
The Secret Project by Jonah Winter
2018

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Reading science trade books is the perfect way for students to build literacy skills while learning science content. The books that appear in these lists were selected as outstanding children's science trade books. They were chosen by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). NSTA and CBC have joined forces on this bibliographic project since 1973, when the list was known as Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children and was primarily targeted at grades K through 8. Beginning in 2002, the list has been expanded to include high school as well.

[Succeeds NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children.] (English, Member-written)
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Reading science trade books is the perfect way for students to build literacy skills while learning science content. The books that appear in these lists were selected as outstanding children's science trade books. They were chosen by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). NSTA and CBC have joined forces on this bibliographic project since 1973, when the list was known as Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children and was primarily targeted at grades K through 8. Beginning in 2002, the list has been expanded to include high school as well.

[succeeded by NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12.] (English, Member-written)

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