2009 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize Finalists

Children's Science Picture Book:

Eggs. Marilyn Singer, with illustrations by Emma Stevenson. Holiday House, 2008.

Sisters and Brothers. Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. Houghton Mifflin, 2008.

Spiders. Nic Bishop, with photographs by the author. Scholasitic, 2007.

Wings. Sneed B. Collard, III, with illustrations by Robin Brickman. Charlesbridge, 2008.

The Wolves are Back. Jean Craighead George, with illustrations by Wendell Minor. Dutton, 2008.

Middle Grades Science Book:

Cold Light: Creatures, Discoveries, and Inventions that Glow. Anita Sitarski. Boyds Mills Press, 2007.

George Washington Carver. Tonya Bolden. Abrams, 2008.

How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientist and Kids Explore Global
Warming. Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch. Dawn, 2008.

Life on Earth--and Beyond: an Astrobiologist's Quest. Pamela S. Turner. Charlesbridge, 2008.

What's Eating You? Parasites-the Inside Story. Nicola Davies, with illustrated by Neal Layton. Candlewick, 2007.

Young Adult Science Book:

Dinosaurs: The Most Complete- Up-To-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. Random House, 2007.

The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell. Rachel Herz. William Morrow & Co., 2007.

The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret. Seth Shulman. W. W. Norton, 2008.

Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life. Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang. Bloomsbury, 2008.

Hands-on Science Book:

Animal Tracks & Signs. Jinny Johnson. National Geographic Society, 2008.

The Brook Book. Jim Arnosky. Dutton, 2008.

Sound Projects with a Music Lab You Can Build. Robert Gardner. Enslow, 2008.

True Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet. Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin. National Geographic Society, 2008.

The Ultimate Guide to Your Microscope. Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone. Sterling, 2008.