NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K–122013

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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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)
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What Color Is My World? The Lost History of African-American Inventors by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2013
A Warmer World by Caroline Arnold
2013
Snakes by Nic Bishop
2013
ABC ZooBorns! by Andrew Bleiman
2013
Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard by Loree Griffin Burns
2013
Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster (Smithsonian) by Mary M. Cerullo
2013
Island: A Story of the Galápagos by Jason Chin
2013
I, Galileo by Bonnie Christensen
2013
Seahorses by Jennifer Keats Curtis
2013
Get the Scoop on Animal Poop: From lions to tapeworms, 251 cool facts about scat, frass, dung and more! by Dawn Cusick
2013
Dolphin Baby! by Nicola Davies
2013
Faces from the Past: Forgotten People of North America by James M. Deem
2013
Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World by Tracey Fern
2013
Wild Horse Scientists by Kay Frydenborg
2013
Birds of a Feather by Bernadette Gervais
2013
Ladybugs by Gail Gibbons
2013
D is for Desert: A World Deserts Alphabet (Science Alphabet) by Barbara Gowan
2013
Scholastic Discover More: The Elements by Dan Green
2013
Alien Deep: Revealing the Mysterious Living World at the Bottom of the Ocean (National Geographic Kids) by Bradley Hague
2013
Open Wide! by Catherine Ham
2013
Super Nature Encyclopedia by Derek Harvey
2013
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose
2013
Sneed B. Collard III's Most Fun Book Ever About Lizards by Sneed B. Collard III
2013
The Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins
2013
My First Day by Steve Jenkins
2013
Gopher to the Rescue! A Volcano Recovery Story by Terry Catasús Jennings
2013
The boy who harnessed the wind [Young Readers edition] by William Kamkwamba
2013
Hiss-s-s-s! by Eric A. Kimmel
2013
Saving Yasha: The Incredible True Story of an Adopted Moon Bear by Lia Kvatum
2013
Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World by Laurie Lawlor
2013
Seababy: A Little Otter Returns Home by Ellen Levine
2013
White Dolphin by Gill Lewis
2013
The Polar Bear Scientists (Scientists in the Field Series) by Peter Lourie
2013
Waiting for Ice by Sandra Markle
2013
Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives by Albert Marrin
2013
Eight Days Gone by Linda Mcreynolds
2013
Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner
2013
Nature's Patchwork Quilt: Understanding Habitats by Mary Miché
2013
Survival at 120 Above by Debbie S. Miller
2013
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy Montgomery
2013
Track that Scat! by Lisa Morlock
2013
Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure by Jim Murphy
2013
Forensic Identification: Putting a Name and Face on Death (Exceptional Science Titles for Upper Grades) by Elizabeth A. Murray
2013
The Book of Blood: From Legends and Leeches to Vampires and Veins by HP Newquist
2013
Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle by Claire A. Nivola
2013
Desert Baths by Darcy Pattison
2013
Saving Animals from Oil Spills by Stephen Person
2013
Leopard & Silkie: One Boy's Quest to Save the Seal Pups by Brenda Peterson
2013
Frogs!: Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle
2013
Body Actions by Shelley Rotner
2013
The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity by Elizabeth Rusch
2013
Bomb: The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
2013
About Habitats: Oceans by Cathryn Sill
2013
The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth by Anita Silvey
2013
Seymour Simon's Extreme Earth Records by Seymour Simon
2013
Out of This World: Poems and Facts about Space by Amy E. Sklansky
2013
Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird: A True Story by Stephanie Spinner
2013
Animal Grossapedia by Melissa Stewart
2013

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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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