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AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books
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Previous Winners of the SB&F Prizes
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2012 SB&F Prize Winners
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A Seabird in the Forest: The Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet. Joan Dunning. (Illus. by the author.) Boyds Mill Press, 2011.
Focusing on one pair of murrelets and their newborn chick, the author reveals the hidden nest in the canopy of the old-growth forests and the secret life of these birds before their fledgling sets off for the sea. |
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The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery. Sandra Markle. Millbrook Press, 2011.
Follow a team of scientists working to save these frogs and protect frog populations worldwide in this real-life science mystery. . |
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Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle. Thor Hanson. Basic Books, 2011.
In Feathers, biologist Thor Hanson details a sweeping natural history, as feathers have been used to fly, protect, attract, and adorn through time and place. |
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Vicki Cobb
Sometimes referred to as the “Julia Child of hands-on-science,” Vicki Cobb is the highly regarded author of more than eighty-five nonfiction books for children.
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2011 SB&F Prize Winners
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Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge. Joanna Cole. (Illus. by Bruce Degen; from the Magic School Bus Series.) Scholastic, 2010.
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The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe. Loree Griffin Burns. (Photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz; from the Scientists in the Field Series.) Houghton Mifflin, 2010.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot. Random House, 2010.
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The Book of Potentially Catastrophic Science. Sean Connolly. (Illus.) Workman, 2010.
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2010 SB&F Prize Winners
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Robert Gardner, award-winning author of more than 100 hands-on science books for children and young adults.
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Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life. Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm. Blue Sky Press, 2009.
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The Frog Scientist. Pamela S. Turner. (Photographs by Andy Comins; from the Scientists in the Field Series.) Houghton Mifflin, 2009.
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Invisible Kingdom: From the Tips of Our Fingers to the Tops of Our Trash, Inside the Curious World of Microbes. Idah Ben-Barak. Basic Books, 2009.
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Let's-Read-and-Find-Out. HarperCollins.
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2009 Winners
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Jean Craighead George is an award-winning author of over 100 children's science books, including Newbery Medal winner, Julie of the Wolves and most recently, The Wolves Are Back.
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Sisters & Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World. Steven Jenkins & Robin Page. Houghton Mifflin, 2008
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How We Know What We Know about Our Changing Climate: Scientists & Kids Explore Global Warming. Lynne Cherry & Gary Braasch. Dawn, 2008
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Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life. Sandra Aamodt & Sam Wang. Bloomsbury, 2008
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True Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet. Kim McKay & Jenny Bonnin. National Geographic, 2008
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Where in the Wild? Camouflaged Creatures Concealed and Revealed by David Schwartz and Yael Schy, with illustrations by Dwight Kuhn. Tricycle Press, 2007.
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Dinosaur Eggs Discovered: Unscrambling the Clues! by Lowell Dingus, Luis M. Chaippe, and Rodolfo Coria. Twenty-First Century Books, 2007.
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The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by Richard Preston. Random House, 2007.
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Exploratopia by Pat Murphy. Little Brown & Company, 2006.
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An Egg Is Quiet by Dianna Aston, with illustrations by Sylvia Long. Chronicle Books, 2006.
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Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by Catherine Thimmesh. Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
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Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations by Eric Dinerstein. Island Press, 2006.
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Thomas Edison for Kids: His Life and Ideas: 21 Activities by Laurie Carlson. Chicago Review Press, 2006.
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Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Ann Jonas. HarperCollins, 2005.
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The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands, written and photographed by Sneed B. Collard, III. Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
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Invisible Allies: Microbes That Shape Our Lives by Jeanette Farrell. Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2005.
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The Amateur Naturalist by Nick Baker. National Geographic Press, 2005.
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