NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K–12

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
1,340 Works / 1,341 Items 185,256 Books 7,989 Reviews 4.1
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)
WorkCategoryYear
Paper World: Human Body by Gail Armstrong
2024
Grizzly Bears: Guardians of the Wilderness (Orca Wild, 10) by Frances Backhouse
2024
A Stone Is a Story by Leslie Barnard Booth
2024
Queen of leaves : the story of botanist Ynes Mexia by Stephen Briseño
2024
Becoming Bionic and Other Ways Science Is Making Us Super by Heather Camlot
2024
My Indigo World: A True Story of the Color Blue by Rosa Chang
2024
Evolution by Sarah Darwin
2024
If the Rivers Run Free by Andrea Debbink
2024
Zero Waste: How One Community Is Leading a World Recycling Revolution (Green Power) by Allan Drummond
2024
We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration by Robert Furrow
2024
A Star Explodes: The Story of Supernova 1054 by James Gladstone
2024
Rooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector by Janice N. Harrington
2024
The Pie That Molly Grew by Sue Heavenrich
2024
Old Enough to Make a Difference: Be Inspired by Real-Life Children Building a More Sustainable Future by Rebecca Hui
2024
Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience by Christine Iverson
2024
Find Out About Animal Camouflage by Martin Jenkins
2024
Why Do Elephants Have Big Ears?: Questions ― and Surprising Answers ― About Animals by Steve Jenkins
2024
Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story by Jody Shaffer Jensen
2024
Extra Life (Young Readers Adaptation): The Astonishing Story of How We Doubled Our Lifespan by Steven Johnson
2024
The Bone Wars: The True Story of an Epic Battle to Find Dinosaur Fossils by Jane Kurtz
2024
The Clues Are in the Poo: The Story of Dinosaur Scientist Karen Chin | Childrens Book About Dinosaurs | Reading Age 7-12 | Grade Level 1-5 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Reycraft Books by Jane Kurtz
2024
Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan
2024
Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic by Shan Woo Liu
2024
Sisters in Science: Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska, and the Atomic Power of Sisterhood by Linda Elovitz Marshall
2024
Sew Sister: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA's Seamstresses by Elise Matich
2024
The Woman in the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Helped Fly the First Astronauts to the Moon by Richard Maurer
2024
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day by Dan Nott
2024
How Birds Sleep by David Obuchowski
2024
At Home with the Prairie Dog: The Story of a Keystone Species (The Story of a Keystone Species, 3) by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
2024
Tell Me About Space by Lisa Varchol Perron
2024
Before colors : where colors come from by Annette Bay Pimentel
2024
We Need to Talk About Vaginas: An IMPORTANT Book About Vulvas, Periods, Puberty, and Sex! by Dr. Allison K. Rodgers
2024
Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals by Ben Rothery
2024
We Are Branches by Joyce Sidman
2024
Shining Star: Vera Rubin Discovers Dark Matter by Suzanne Slade
2024
Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem by Melissa Stewart
2024
How to Spacewalk: Step-by-Step with Shuttle Astronauts by Kathryn Sullivan
2024
Animals in Surprising Shades: Poems About Earth's Colorful Creatures by Susan Johnston Taylor
2024
Her Eyes on the Stars: Maria Mitchell, Astronomer by Laurie Wallmark
2024
Mission: Arctic: A Scientifc Adventure to a Changing North Pole by Katharina Weiss-Tuider
2024
The Snow Man: A True Story by Jonah Winter
2024
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
Scientists: Inspiring Tales of the World's Brightest Scientific Minds by DK
2022
The Body Book by Hannah Alice
2022
Beavers: Radical Rodents and Ecosystem Engineers (Orca Wild, 6) by Frances Backhouse
2022
She Persisted: Virginia Apgar by Sayantani Dasgupta
2022
Wonder Women of Science: How 12 Geniuses Are Rocking Science, Technology, and the World by Tiera Fletcher
2022
Fungarium: Welcome to the Museum by Ester Gaya
2022
The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet by David L. Harrison
2022
Disasters by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics by Steve Jenkins
2022
Pooper Snooper (Working With Scientists) by Keats Curtis Jennifer
2022
Fred & Marjorie: A Doctor, a Dog, and the Discovery of Insulin by Deborah Kerbel
2022
Fossils from Lost Worlds by Damien Laverdunt
2022
Fearless World Traveler: Adventures of Marianne North by Laurie Lawlor
2022
Masters of Disguise: Camouflaging Creatures & Magnificent Mimics by Marc Martin
2022
Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America's Doctor by Kate Messner
2022
History Smashers: Plagues and Pandemics by Kate Messner
2022
Over and Under the Canyon by Kate Messner
2022
Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant by Kate Messner
2022
Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear by Trang Nguyen
2022
The Beak Book by Robin Page
2022
Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project by Gayle E Pitman
2022
The Secret Life of the Sloth by Laurence Pringle
2022
Ocean Planet: Animals of the Sea and Shore by Ben Rothery
2022
Inside In: X-Rays of Nature's Hidden World by Jan Paul Schutten
2022
Hello, Earth!: Poems to Our Planet by Joyce Sidman
2022
About Fish: A Guide for Children by Cathryn P. Sill
2022
Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate by Melissa Stewart
2022
A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla by Azadeh Westergaard
2022
If Bees Disappeared (If Animals Disappeared, 1) by Lily Williams
2022
Changing the Equation: 50 US Black Women in STEM by Tonya Bolden
2021
North Pole / South Pole: Pole to Pole: a Flip Book - Explore the Extreme Environment of the Arctic/Antarctic by Michael Bright
2021
If You Take Away the Otter by Susannah Buhrman-Deever
2021
Wildlife Ranger Action Guide: Track, Spot & Provide Healthy Habitat for Creatures Close to Home by Mary Kay Carson
2021
Nesting by Henry Cole
2021
Journey under the Arctic (Fabien Cousteau Expeditions) by Fabien Cousteau
2021
Grow: Secrets of Our DNA by Nicola Davies
2021
Bright Dreams: The Brilliant Ideas of Nikola Tesla by Tracy Dockray
2021
Darwin's Rival: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Search for Evolution by Christiane Dorion
2021
Born Curious: 20 Girls Who Grew Up to Be Awesome Scientists by Martha Freeman
2021
Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747 by Chris Gall
2021
Sea Otters: A Survival Story (Orca Wild, 3) by Isabelle Groc
2021
The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Chemistry for Kids by Liz Lee Heinecke
2021
Animal Homes (Animal Anatomy and Adaptations) by Mary Holland
2021
Bones: An Inside Look at the Animal Kingdom by Jules Howard
2021
Blood and germs : the civil war battle against wounds and disease by Gail Jarrow
2021
What Do You Do If You Work at the Zoo? by Steve Jenkins
2021
Pretty Tricky: The Sneaky Ways Plants Survive by Etta Kaner
2021
Old Enough to Save the Planet (Changemakers) by Loll Kirby
2021
The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine by Linda Elovitz Marshall
2021
Condor Comeback (Scientists in the Field Series) by Sy Montgomery
2021
Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb by Roseanne Montillo
2021
Pika Country: Climate Change at the Top of the World by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Ph.D.
2021
Plasticus Maritimus: An Invasive Species by Ana Pego
2021
Return from Extinction: The Triumph of the Elephant Seal (Orca Wild, 5) by Linda L. Richards
2021
The Big One: The Cascadia Earthquakes and the Science of Saving Lives by Elizabeth Rusch
2021
Packs: Strength in Numbers by Hannah Salyer
2021
To Fly Among the Stars: The Hidden Story of the Fight for Women Astronauts (Scholastic Focus) by Rebecca Siegel
2021
Dinosaur Lady by Linda Skeers
2021
The Big Bang Book by Asa Stahl
2021
Exploring the Elements: A Complete Guide to the Periodic Table by Isabel Thomas
2021
Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas by Sandra Neil Wallace
2021
What Do Scientists Do All Day? by Jane Wilsher
2021
Audubon Birding Adventures for Kids: Activities and Ideas for Watching, Feeding, and Housing Our Feathered Friends by Elissa Ruth Wolfson
2021
All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World by Lori Alexander
2020
A Book About Whales by Andrea Antinori
2020
What Miss Mitchell Saw by Hayley Barrett
2020
Look Up with Me: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars by Jennifer Berne
2020
Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded the Future by Tami Lewis Brown
2020
Titanosaur : Discovering the World's Largest Dinosaur by José Luis Carballido
2020
Wilderness: Earth's Amazing Habitats by Mia Cassany
2020
Amazing Evolution: The Journey of Life by Anna Claybourne
2020
Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome
2020
Fanatical About Frogs (About Animals) by Owen Davey
2020
Hummingbird by Nicola Davies
2020
Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge by Rachel Dougherty
2020
Into the Deep: An Exploration of Our Oceans by Wolfgang Dreyer
2020
Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World-Traveling Bug Hunter by Christine Evans
2020
Nose Knows: Wild Ways Animals Smell the World by Emmanuelle Figueras
2020
Now You Know What You Eat by Valorie Fisher
2020
The Butterfly House: Step inside to discover over 100 species of nature's most beautiful insects by Katy Flint
2020
Exemplary Evidence: Scientists and Their Data by Jessica Fries-Gaither
2020
Overview, Young Explorer's Edition: A New Way of Seeing Earth by Benjamin Grant
2020
Darwin: An Exceptional Voyage by Fabien Grolleau
2020
The Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare
2020
One Iguana, Two Iguanas: A Story of Accident, Natural Selection, and Evolution by Sneed B. Collard III
2020
The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in our Food and Drugs by Gail Jarrow
2020
The Frog Book by Steve Jenkins
2020
Homes in the Wild: Where Baby Animals and Their Parents Live by Lita Judge
2020
The Woolly Monkey Mysteries: The Quest to Save a Rain Forest Species (Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries) by Sandra Markle
2020
Dreaming in Code: Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer by Emily Arnold McCully
2020
Anna & Samia: The True Story of Saving a Black Rhino by Paul Meisel
2020
Hawking by Jim Ottaviani
2020
Not a Butterfly Alphabet Book: It's About Time Moths Had Their Own Book! by Jerry Pallotta
2020
POLLEN: Darwin's 130-Year Prediction (Moments in Science) by Darcy Pattison
2020
Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born by Miranda Paul
2020
Unseen Worlds: Real-Life Microscopic Creatures Hiding All Around Us by Hélène Rajcak
2020
Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet by Elizabeth Rusch
2020
Undaunted: The Wild Life of Biruté Mary Galdikas and Her Fearless Quest to Save Orangutans by Anita Silvey
2020
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon by Suzanne Slade
2020
Paper World: Planet Earth by Templar Books
2020
Moth: An Evolution Story by Isabel Thomas
2020
Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys by Mike Unwin
2020
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor by Laurie Wallmark
2020
The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World by Mike Winchell
2020
Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed
2019
Paddle Perch Climb: Bird Feet Are Neat by Laurie Ellen Angus
2019
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain by Cheryl Bardoe
2019
Flow, Spin, Grow: Looking for Patterns in Nature by Patchen Barss
2019
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker
2019
Belle's Journey: An Osprey Takes Flight by Rob Bierregaard
2019
Up & Down: The Adventures of John Jeffries, First American to Fly by Don Brown
2019
Alexander Graham Bell for Kids: His Life and Inventions, with 21 Activities (For Kids series) by Mary Kay Carson
2019
Woodpeckers: Drilling Holes & Bagging Bugs by Sneed B. Collard III
2019
Maggie, Alaska's Last Elephant by Jennifer Keats Curtis
2019
Flying Deep: Climb Inside Deep-Sea Submersible Alvin by Michelle Cusolito
2019
Bonkers About Beetles by Owen Davey
2019
Illumanatomy by Kate Davies
2019
Marie Curie by Demi
2019
When the Whales Walked: And Other Incredible Evolutionary Journeys by Dougal Dixon
2019
Everest by Sangma Francis
2019
When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard, the Father of US Rocketry by Kristen Fulton
2019
Lovely Beasts: The Surprising Truth by Kate Gardner
2019
Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World by Christy Hale
2019
A Place to Start a Family: Poems About Creatures That Build by David L. Harrison
2019
Sounds of Nature: World of Birds by Robert Frank Hunter
2019
A House in the Sky by Steve Jenkins
2019
How We Got To Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World [young reader's edition] by Steven Johnson
2019
Endurance. Young Reader's Edition. How My Year in Space and How I Got There by Scott Kelly
2019
To the Moon!: The True Story of the American Heroes on the Apollo 8 Spaceship by Jeffrey Kluger
2019
The Coral Kingdom by Laura Knowles
2019
Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil deGrasse Tyson by Kathleen Krull
2019
Fur, Feather, Fin―All of Us Are Kin by Diane Lang
2019
A is for australian animals by Frané Lessac
2019
Snowy Owl Invasion!: Tracking an Unusual Migration by Sandra Markle
2019
Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 by Albert Marrin
2019
Bats in Trouble (Orca Echoes) by Pamela McDowell
2019
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation by Kate Messner
2019
The Bee Book by Charlotte Milner
2019
The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague by Julia Finley Mosca
2019
Dinosaurium: Welcome to the Museum by Lily Murray
2019
Eavesdropping on Elephants: How Listening Helps Conservation by Patricia Newman
2019
Animal discoveries by Tamra B. Orr
2019
Clang!: Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments by Darcy Pattison
2019
Wild Orca: The Oldest, Wisest Whale in the World by Brenda Peterson
2019
Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere by Barb Rosenstock
2019
To Pluto and Beyond by Elaine Scott
2019
25 Women Who Thought of it First (Daring Women) by Jill Sherman
2019
Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race by Margot Lee Shetterly
2019
National Parks of the USA by Kate Siber
2019
About Woodpeckers: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
2019
Exoplanets by Seymour Simon
2019
Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement by Stephanie Roth Sisson
2019
Countdown : 2979 days to the moon by Suzanne Slade
2019
On the Origin of Species: Young Readers Edition by Rebecca Stefoff
2019
Counting Birds: The Idea That Helped Save Our Feathered Friends by Heidi E. Y. Stemple
2019
Perfectly Peculiar Plants: Take a Walk through Earth's Weirdest, Wildest and Most by Chris Thorogood
2019
Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut Tree by Sally M. Walker
2019
Mama Dug a Little Den by Jennifer Ward
2019
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
About Mammals: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
Life Science1998; 2017
Super Cool Tech by DK
2017
Every Breath We Take by Maya Ajmera
2017
Ancient Earth Journal: The Late Jurassic: Notes, drawings, and observations from prehistory by Juan Carlos Alonso
2017
A Beetle Is Shy by Dianna Hutts Aston
2017
Circle by Jeannie Baker
2017
After A While Crocodile: Alexa's Diary by Dr. Brady Barr
2017
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton
2017
Glow: Animals with Their Own Night-Lights by W. H. Beck
2017
A Global Warming Primer: Answering Your Questions About The Science, The Consequences, and The Solutions by Jeffrey Bennett
2017
I, Humanity by Jeffrey Bennett
2017
Good Trick Walking Stick by Sheri M. Bestor
2017
Day of the Dinosaurs: Step into a spectacular prehistoric world (Science X 10) by Stephen L. Brusatte
2017
Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor by Robert Burleigh
2017
The Story of Seeds: From Mendel's Garden to Your Plate, and How There's More of Less to Eat Around the World by Nancy Castaldo
2017
Hopping Ahead of Climate Change by Sneed B. Collard
2017
Radioactive! How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World by Winifred Conkling
2017
The Secret Subway by Shana Corey
2017
Manatee Rescue by Nicola Davies
2017
Giant Squid by Candace Fleming
2017
Notable Notebooks - Scientists and Their Writings PB415X by Jessica Fries-Gaither
2017
The Rock & Gem Book and Other Treasures of the Natural World by Dan Green
2017
Milestones of Flight: From Hot-Air Balloons to SpaceShipOne by Tim Grove
2017
Feathered Dinosaurs by Brenda Z. Guiberson
2017
Inside of a Dog -- Young Readers Edition: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know by Alexandra Horowitz
2017
Octopuses One to Ten by Ellen Jackson
2017
Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America by Gail Jarrow
2017
Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Animal Infographics by Steve Jenkins
2017
Flying Frogs and Walking Fish: Leaping Lemurs, Tumbling Toads, Jet-Propelled Jellyfish, and More Surprising Ways That Animals Move by Steve Jenkins
2017
Our Food: A Healthy Serving of Science and Poems by Grace Lin
2017
If You Are a Kaka, You Eat Doo Doo: And Other Poop Tales from Nature (A Tilbury House Nature Book) by Sara Martel
2017
Chasing at the Surface: A Novel by Sharon Mentyka
2017
Under Water, Under Earth by Aleksandra Mizielinska
2017
The Great White Shark Scientist by Sy Montgomery
2017
Next Time You See a Cloud by Emily Morgan
2017
Marie Curie for Kids: Her Life and Scientific Discoveries, with 21 Activities and Experiments (For Kids series) by Amy M. O'Quinn
2017
Nefertiti, the Spidernaut: The Jumping Spider Who Learned to Hunt in Space by Darcy Pattison
2017
Animal Planet Strange, Unusual, Gross & Cool Animals by Animal Planet
2017
Peeking Under the City (What's Beneath) by Esther Porter
2017
Owls! Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle
2017
Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse by Catherine Reef
2017
Ada's Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer by Fiona Robinson
2017
Grow! Raise! Catch!: How We Get Our Food by Shelley Rotner
2017
Treecology: 30 Activities and Observations for Exploring the World of Trees and Forests by Monica Russo
2017
Best in Snow by April Pulley Sayre
2017
Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep by April Pulley Sayre
2017
Because of an Acorn by Lola M. Schaefer
2017
Our Moon: New Discoveries About Earth's Closest Companion by Elaine Scott
2017
Insects by Seymour Simon
2017
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer by Diane Stanley
2017
Super Gear: Nanotechnology and Sports Team Up by Jennifer Swanson
2017
Charles Darwin's Around-the-World Adventure by Jennifer Thermes
2017
Poop Detectives: Working Dogs in the Field by Ginger Wadsworth
2017
Cleared for Takeoff: The Ultimate Book of Flight by Rowland White
2017
Platypus by Sue Whiting
2017
Illuminature: Discover 180 Animals with your Magic Three Color Lens (See 3 images in 1) by Rachel Williams
2017
Natural World: A Visual Compendium of Wonders from Nature by A. J. Wood
2017
Nature Ranger (DK Smithsonian Eyewitness Explorers) by DK
2016
Ocean: A Children's Encyclopedia by DK
2016
Space!: The Universe as You've Never Seen It Before by DK
2016
Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet by Buzz Aldrin
2016
Ancient Earth Journal: The Early Cretaceous: Notes by Juan Carlos Alonso
2016
Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
2016
So, You Want to Work with the Ancient and Recent Dead?: Unearthing Careers from Paleontology to Forensic Science (Be What You Want) by J. M. Bedell
2016
Hurricane Watch by Franklyn M. Branley
2016
Home Address: ISS: International Space Station (Smithsonian) by James Jr. Buckley
2016
Food Engineering (Calling All Innovators: A Career for You) by Michael Burgan
2016
The Walking Fish by Kopel Burk
2016
A Passion for Elephants: The Real Life Adventure of Field Scientist Cynthia Moss by Toni Buzzeo
2016
Inside Biosphere 2: Earth Science Under Glass (Scientists in the Field Series) by Mary Kay Carson
2016
Fire Birds by Sneed B. Collard
2016
The Pier at the End of the World (Tilbury House Nature Book) by Paul Erickson
2016
Spit & Sticks: A Chimney Full of Swifts by Jim Marilyn Grohoske; Madsen Evans
2016
Wild at Heart: Mustangs and the Young People Fighting to Save Them by Terri Farley
2016
Chocolate: Sweet Science & Dark Secrets of the World's Favorite Treat by Kay Frydenborg
2016
The Fruits We Eat by Gail Gibbons
2016
Flying Cars: The True Story by Andrew Glass
2016
Steve Jobs: Insanely Great by Jessie Hartland
2016
Animal Mouths by Mary Holland
2016
How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom by Steve Jenkins
2016
After the Ashes by Sara K Joiner
2016
The Fantastic Ferris Wheel: The Story of Inventor George Ferris by Betsy Harvey Kraft
2016
Little Puffin's First Flight by Jonathan London
2016
Dirty Rats? by Darrin Lunde
2016
The Great Monkey Rescue: Saving the Golden Lion Tamarins by Sandra Markle
2016
The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk by Sy Montgomery
2016
Next Time You See a Spiderweb by Emily Morgan
2016
Welcome to New Zealand: A Nature Journal by Sandra Morris
2016
Magnificent Minds: 16 Pioneering Women in Science and Medicine by Pendred E. Noyce
2016
Remarkable Minds: 17 More Pioneering Women in Science and Medicine (Magnificent Minds) by Penny Noyce
2016
Sand Swimmers: The Secret Life of Australia's Desert Wilderness by Narelle Oliver
2016
Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman in Space by Tam O'Shaughnessy
2016
Egg: Nature's Perfect Package by Robin Page
2016
The Call of the Osprey by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
2016
Mrs. Carter's Butterfly Garden by Steve Rich
2016
Birdology: 30 Activities and Observations for Exploring the World of Birds by Monica Russo
2016
Emu by Claire Saxby
2016
Raindrops Roll by April Pulley Sayre
2016
High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs by Lisa Kahn Schnell
2016
About Habitats: Polar Regions by Cathryn Sill
2016
Spidermania: Friends on the Web by Alexandra Siy
2016
The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford by Suzanne Slade
2016
Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre and His World of Insects by Matthew Clark Smith
2016
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine by Laurie Wallmark
2016
Bilby: Secrets of an Australian Marsupial by Edel Wignell
2016
When the Earth Shakes by Simon Winchester
2016
Dinosaur!: Dinosaurs and Other Amazing Prehistoric Creatures as You've Never Seen Them Before by DK
2015
Super Human Encyclopedia by DK
2015
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate
2015
The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science by Marc Aronson
2015
Secrets of the Sky Caves: Danger and Discovery on Nepal's Mustang Cliffs (Nonfiction - Grades 4-8) by Sandra K. Athans
2015
Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle (Junior Library Guild Selection) by Cheryl Bardoe
2015
Wild About Bears by Jeannie Brett
2015
Animalium: Welcome to the Museum by Jenny Broom
2015
Beetle Busters : a Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It by Loree Griffin Burns
2015
Handle With Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey (Nonfiction - Grades Prek-4) (Junior Library Guild Selection) by Loree Griffin Burns
2015
Park Scientists: Gila Monsters, Geysers, and Grizzly Bears in America's Own Backyard by Mary Kay Carson
2015
Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (and Their Noses) Save the World by Nancy Castaldo
2015
Full Speed Ahead!: How Fast Things Go by Cruschiform
2015
Animals That Make Me Say Ouch! by Dawn Cusick
2015
Animals That Make Me Say Wow! (National Wildlife Federation): Secret Hideaways, Infrasonic Hearing, Bubble Gills, and More by Dawn Cusick
2015
Get the Scoop on Animal Puke!: From Zombie Ants to Vampire Bats, 251 Cool Facts about Vomit, Regurgitation, & More! by Dawn Cusick
2015
Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies
2015
Skulls (Bone Collection) by Camilla De la Bédoyère
2015
The Planets: The Definitive Visual Guide to Our Solar System by Robert Dinwiddie
2015
Batman Science: The Real-World Science Behind Batman's Gear (DC Super Heroes) by Tammy Enz
2015
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines by Paul Fleischman
2015
Amazing Giant Sea Creatures (Amazing Giant) by Marie Greenwood
2015
Polar Bears and Penguins: A Compare and Contrast Book by Katharine Hall
2015
Every Turtle Counts by Sara Hoagland Hunter
2015
Tooling Around: Crafty Creatures and the Tools They Use by Ellen Jackson
2015
Eye to Eye: How Animals See The World by Steve Jenkins
2015
At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawangdui by Christine Liu-Perkins
2015
Ocean (Eyewitness Books) by Miranda MacQuitty
2015
Sally Ride: Life on a Mission (A Real-Life Story) by Sue Macy
2015
Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat by Sy Montgomery
2015
Next Time You See a Maple Seed by Emily Morgan
2015
A Baby Elephant in the Wild by Caitlin O'Connell
2015
Super Sniffers: Dog Detectives on the Job by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
2015
Abayomi, the Brazilian Puma: The True Story of an Orphaned Cub by Darcy Pattison
2015
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy
2015
The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans by Elizabeth Rusch
2015
Drones: From Insect Spy Drones to Bomber Drones by Scholastic
2015
About Habitats: Forests by Cathryn Sill
2015
About Parrots: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
2015
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson
2015
Extreme Laboratories (True Books: Extreme Science) by Ann O. Squire
2015
Beneath the Sun by Melissa Stewart
2015
Feathers: Not Just for Flying by Melissa Stewart
2015
Ultimate Bodypedia: An Amazing Inside-Out Tour of the Human Body (National Geographic Kids) by Christina Wilsdon
2015
Things That Float and Things That Don't by David A. Adler
2014
National Geographic Kids Bird Guide of North America by Jonathan Alderfer
2014
Best Foot Forward by Ingo Arndt
2014
Too Hot? Too Cold?: Keeping Body Temperature Just Right by Caroline Arnold
2014
When Rivers Burned: The Earth Day Story (Once, in America) by Linda Crotta Brennan
2014
The Animal Book: A Visual Encyclopedia of Life on Earth by David Burnie
2014
See What a Seal Can Do by Christine Butterworth
2014
Beyond the Solar System: Exploring Galaxies, Black Holes, Alien Planets, and More; A History with 21 Activities (For Kids series) by Mary Kay Carson
2014
On the Move: Mass Migrations by Scotti Cohn
2014
Eight Dolphins of Katrina: A True Tale of Survival by Janet Wyman Coleman
2014
Papa's Mechanical Fish by Candace Fleming
2014
The Eagles are Back by Jean Craighead George
2014
Giant Pacific Octopus: The World's Largest Octopus (Even More Supersized!) by Leon Gray
2014
Frog Song by Brenda Z. Guiberson
2014
What's in There?: All About Before You Were Born by Robie H. Harris
2014
Something stinks by Gail Hedrick
2014
Stronger Than Steel: Spider Silk DNA and the Quest for Better Bulletproof Vests, Sutures, and Parachute Rope by Bridget Heos
2014
Ferdinand Fox's first summer by Mary Holland
2014
Flight of the Honey Bee by Raymond Huber
2014
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of the Ocean by Catherine D. Hughes
2014
The Animal Book: A Collection of the Fastest, Fiercest, Toughest, Cleverest, Shyest--and Most Surprising--Animals on Earth by Steve Jenkins
2014
Animals Upside Down: A Pull, Pop, Lift & Learn Book! by Steve Jenkins
2014
Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull
2014
Ocean Counting (National Geographic Little Kids) by Janet Lawler
2014
A Dragonfly's Life (Science Slam: Animal Diaries Life Cycles) by Ellen Lawrence
2014
Meat-Eating Plants: Toothless Wonders (Plant-Ology) by Ellen Lawrence
2014
Up up in a Balloon by Lawrence F. Lowery
2014
The Long, Long Journey: The Godwit's Amazing Migration by Sandra Markle
2014
Snow School by Sandra Markle
2014
What If You Had Animal Teeth? by Sandra Markle
2014
The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America's Largest Mammal by Sy Montgomery
2014
Next Time You See a Firefly by Emily Morgan
2014
Next Time You See a Pill Bug by Emily Morgan
2014
Next Time You See a Sunset by Emily Morgan
2014
Ultimate Bugopedia: The Most Complete Bug Reference Ever (National Geographic Kids) by Darlyne Murawski
2014
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas by Jim Ottaviani
2014
Cougar: A Cat with Many Names by Stephen Person
2014
Roseate Spoonbill: Pretty in Pink by Stephen Person
2014
Yummy!: Good Food Makes Me Strong! by Shelley Rotner
2014
Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World by Elizabeth Rusch
2014
Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives by Elizabeth Rusch
2014
Volcano Rising by Elizabeth Rusch
2014
Eat Like a Bear by April Pulley Sayre
2014
Here Come the Humpbacks! by April Pulley Sayre
2014
Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives by Lola M. Schaefer
2014
Seymour Simon's Extreme Oceans by Seymour Simon
2014
Tracking Tyrannosaurs: Meet T. rex's fascinating family, from tiny terrors to feathered giants (National Geographic Kids) by Christopher Sloan
2014
Animal Camouflage (Hide-And-Seek Science) by Emma Stevenson
2014
No Monkeys, No Chocolate by Melissa Stewart
2014
A Place for Turtles by Melissa Stewart
2014
Stripes of All Types by Susan Stockdale
2014
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell (Christy Ottaviano Books) by Tanya Lee Stone
2014
Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled: How do we know what dinosaurs really looked like? by Catherine Thimmesh
2014
The Dolphins of Shark Bay by Pamela S. Turner
2014
One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With Science! by Eric Yoder
2014
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

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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.

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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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