NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K–122023

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)
WorkYear
Narwhal: The Arctic Unicorn by Justin Anderson
2023
Life in Hot Water: Wildlife at the Bottom of the Ocean by Mary Batten
2023
Hidden Habitats: Earth (Small Worlds) by Camilla De la Bédoyère
2023
The Whale Who Swam Through Time: A Two-Hundred-Year Journey in the Arctic by Alex Boersma
2023
Building by Henry Cole
2023
The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code by Sarah Durand
2023
Urgent Message from a Hot Planet: Navigating the Climate Crisis by Ann Eriksson
2023
A Journey Under the Sea by Craig Foster
2023
Moving Words About a Flower by K. C Hayes
2023
American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South (Medical Fiascoes) by Gail Jarrow
2023
A Walk Through the Rain Forest by Martin Jenkins
2023
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
2023
Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night by Julia Kuo
2023
Over and Under the Waves by Kate Messner
2023
The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner by Marissa Moss
2023
Animal Sidekicks: Amazing Stories of Symbiosis in Animals and Plants by Macken Murphy
2023
Animal Allies: 15 Amazing Women in Wildlife Research by Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan
2023
Salmon: Swimming for Survival (Orca Wild, 8) by Rowena Rae
2023
Antarctica: The Melting Continent by Karen Romano Young
2023
The Mystery of the Monarchs: How Kids, Teachers, and Butterfly Fans Helped Fred and Norah Urquhart Track the Great Monarch Migration by Barb Rosenstock
2023
Queer Ducks and Other Animals: The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer
2023
Oceanarium by Loveday Trinick
2023
Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions by Richard Turere
2023
How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps by Pamela S. Turner
2023

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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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