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Outstanding
Science Trade Books
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2020 BOOKS PUBLISHED IN 2019
W
e invite you to explore this year’s list of
Outstanding Science Trade Books, which
builds upon our 47-year history. In the award-
winning books below, you’ll find not only traditional
science content but also elements of engineering and For further information, please visit
design. We hope you’ll enjoy exploring science through www.nsta.org/publications/ostb
this collection of outstanding children’s books.
All in a Drop: How Antony Van A Book About Whales
Leeuwenhoek Discovered an
Andrea Antinori
Invisible World Abrams Books for Young Readers
Lori Alexander
A beautifully illustrated introduction
Illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger for young learners about the whales
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers of the world, their habitats, habits,
This biography of a notable amateur and how to recognize different
scientist shows how curiosity and species.
persistence are key to scientific
discoveries.
The Butterfly House
Katy Flint
Amazing Evolution: Illustrated by Alice Pattullo
The Journey of Life The Quarto Group / Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Anna Claybourne The Earth is our butterfly house.
Illustrated by Wesley Robins This book is filled with excellent
The Quarto Group information and stunning illustrations
that help us explore the world of
This book explains evolution as a
butterflies.
process of constant change.
Anna & Samia: The True Story A Computer Called Katherine
of Saving a Black Rhino Suzanne Slade
Illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison
Paul Meisel
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group /
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) This book shares the drive and
determination of Katherine Johnson
The true story of conservationist Anna as she worked mathematically to help
Merz and her efforts to raise and release NASA put a man on the moon.
Samia, an orphaned black rhino.
Counting the Stars, The Story
Beyond Words: What Elephants
of Katherine Johnson,
and Whales Think and Feel (A
NASA Mathematician
Young Reader’s Adaptation)
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Written and photographed by Carl Safina Illustrated by Raúl Colón
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Roaring Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Brook Press
Katherine Johnson is one of the most
Firsthand accounts, field research, remarkable mathematicians of her time.
and photographs engage readers Her love of math began early in life
in a narrative about the emotions, and her brilliance ensured the safety of
behaviors, and communications of many NASA missions.
elephants across the Kenyan landscape.
Darwin: An Exceptional Evelyn, the Adventurous
Voyage Entomologist: The True Story of
Fabien Grolleau a World-Traveling Bug Hunter
Illustrated by Jérémie Royer Christine Evans
Nobrow Illustrated by Yasmin Imamura
A biographical graphic novel detailing The Innovation Press
Darwin’s journey of The Beagle, Follow Evelyn Cheesman on her
combining elements of historical relentless and life-long pursuit of
fiction and science directly from knowledge about animals, especially
Darwin’s own writing. insects.
Dreaming in Code, Ada Byron Exemplary Evidence:
Lovelace, Computer Pioneer Scientists and their Data
Emily Arnold McCully Jessica Fries-Gaither
Candlewick Press Illustrated by Linda Olliver
This book, appropriate for young NSTA Kids
adult readers, describes Ada Byron A great exploration of major scientific
Lovelace’s unusual upbringing, figures and the data they collected. This
her love of mathematical puzzles, is a great, fun way to engage readers on
and her contributions to computer the importance of evidence and data!
programming.
Fanatical About Frogs
Electric War: Edison, Tesla,
Owen Davey
Westinghouse, and the Race
Flying Eye Books
to Light the World
This book will have readers leaping
Mike Winchell with excitement for its wonderful
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / depictions of frogs. Filled with
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) excellent information and great
Using both historical and bibliographic illustrations.
information, the book details the
experiments, competitions, and grit of
Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse.
The Frog Book
Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers
Life cycle, types, and reproductive
traits are presented in this colorfully
illustrated guide to all things frog.
Hawking
Jim Ottaviani
Illustrated by Leland Myrick
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group /
First Second
A fascinating graphic biography of
Stephen Hawking, full of humor and
deep insight into black holes and
cosmology.
OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS
Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life: Into the Deep: An Exploration
Hollywood Legend and of Our Oceans
Brilliant Inventor Wolfgang Dreyer
Laurie Wallmark Illustrated by Annika Siems
Illustrated by Katy Wu Prestel Junior
Sterling Children’s Books The latest deep sea research presented
Hedy Lamarr was not just a through compelling text and stunning
Hollywood beauty, she was a illustrations.
creative and innovative inventor.
Her invention of frequency hopping
helped win the Second World War.
Look Up with Me, Neil
deGrasse Tyson: A Life
Among the Stars
Homes in the Wild: Where
Jennifer Berne
Baby Animals and Their Illustrated by Lorraine Nam,
Parents Live introduction by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Written and illustrated by Lita Judge Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / HarperCollins
Roaring Brook Press Explore the life of Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Helps readers connect to the idea that Learn how his passion for the night sky
all animals need a home that serves drove him to become one of the best
as a place of refuge and safety for the known astrophysicists in the world.
growing young, regardless of shape
or location.
Mario and the Hole in the Sky:
How a Chemist Saved
Hummingbird Our Planet
Nicola Davies
Elizabeth Rusch
Illustrated by Jane Ray
Illustrated by Teresa Martínez
Candlewick Press
Charlesbridge
A beautifully illustrated book depicting
Discover the life behind the man
the 2,000 mile migration north of the
whose curiosity for the world, seen
red-throated hummingbird.
through a microscope, helped shed
light on the ozone crisis of the 1980s.
(Also in Spanish, Mario y el agujero en
Instructions Not Included: el cielo: Cómo un químico salvó nuestro
How a Team of Women Coded planeta)
the Future
Tami Lewis Brown and
Debbie Loren Dunn Migration: Incredible
Illustrated by Chelsea Beck Animal Journeys
Disney-Hyperion Mike Unwin
A historical look at how three women, Illustrated by Jenni Desmond
Betty Snyder, Jean Jennings and Kay Bloomsbury Children’s Books
McCulty, changed the face of modern
This introduction to animal migrations
technology with their drive to explore,
includes supportive maps and inserted
create, and invent.
tidbits about the role of humans
interrupting migration patterns.
Moth: An Evolution Story One Iguana, Two Iguanas:
Isabel Thomas A Story of Accident, Natural
Illustrated by Daniel Egnéus Selection, and Evolution
Bloomsbury Children’s Books Sneed B. Collard
This true story of the peppered moth Tilbury House Publishers
introduces young children to the
Through photographs and the story
mechanism of natural selection with
of two iguana species, this book
a beautifully illustrated and easy to
provides an engaging mystery of
understand approach.
how animals can evolve from a single
ancestor and be so different.
Nine Months
Miranda Paul Overview, Young Explorer’s
Illustrated by Jason Chin Edition: A New Way of
Holiday House / Neal Porter Books
Seeing Earth
Through alternating panels depicts
Benjamin Grant with Sandra Markle
the story of a soon-to-be sister and her
Random House Children’s Books / Crown BFYR
family preparing for a new baby with
accurate illustrations of the stages of A stunning collection of satellite
the fetus. photographs and text that allows
us to see Earth from a range of
perspectives.
Nose Knows: Wild Ways
Animals Smell the World
Paper World Planet
Emmanuelle Figueras
Bomboland
Illustrated by Claire de Gastold
Candlewick Press / Big Picture Press
What on Earth Books
Discover the structures of Earth
Lift the flaps to learn about some
through flaps on every page full of
of the wild methods animals use to
interesting science facts.
communicate with each other using
their noses, antennae, and scent glands.
The Poison Eaters:
Not a Butterfly Alphabet Books Fighting Danger and Fraud
Jerry Pallotta in Our Food and Drugs
Illustrated by Shennen Bersani Gail Jarrow
Charlesbridge Boyds Mills & Kane / Calkins Creek
This beautiful collection and resource Discover events that led to the
of the moth world will certainly make formation of the Food and Drug
every butterfly jealous! Administration, including the
contributions of dedicated scientist
Dr. Harvey Washington.
Now You Know What You Eat
Written and illustrated by Valorie Fisher
Scholastic / Orchard Books
Pollen:
Darwin’s 130-Year Prediction
A creative and engaging presentation
of foods that children often eat, their Darcy Pattison
ingredients, and the origin of these Illustrated by Peter Willis
ingredients. Mims House
A marvelous history of Darwin’s
prediction of an unlikely moth and its
proof, more than a century later.
WINNING TITLES
Unseen worlds
Helene Rajcak and Damien Laverdunt
What on Earth Books
Supported by wonderful illustrations,
the text shares a collection of microscopic
organisms classified by areas in which
they live–your bed, leg, water, house.
What Miss Mitchell Saw
Hayley Barrett
Illustrated by Diana Sudyka
Simon & Schuster / Beach Lane Books
Maria Mitchell discovers a comet
and must prove she recorded her
discovery before male astronomers
claim the comet as their own.
Secret Engineer:
How Emily Roebling Built Wilderness:
the Brooklyn Bridge Earth’s Amazing Habitats
Written and illustrated Mia Cassany
by Rachel Dougherty Illustrated by Marcos Mavarro
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Prestel Junior
Roaring Brook Press
Get lost in Wilderness! Take a vacation
After her engineer husband falls ill, and go exploring in this book of the
Emily Roebling is left to secretly lead world’s habitats.
the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Woolly Monkey Mysteries:
Titanosaur: Discovering the The Quest to Save a Rain
World’s Largest Dinosaur Forest Species
Dr. José Luis Carballido and Dr. Diego Pol, Sandra Markle
Illustrated by Florencia Gigena Lerner Publishing Group / Millbrook Press
Scholastic
Learn how scientists in the Manu
Learn about the discovery, excavation, Biosphere Reserve in Peru are
and study directly from the studying woolly monkeys, a keynote
paleontologists who led this dig in the species in the rain forest ecosystem.
deserts of Argentina.
The Wonders of Nature
Undaunted: The Wild Life
Ben Hoare
of Biruté Mary Galdikas DK
and Her Fearless Quest
Beautiful illustrations depict some of
to Save Orangutans Earth’s interesting inhabitants–both
Anita Silvey living and nonliving.
National Geographic Kids
Trials, perseverance, and palm oil
frame the struggle to urgently call
awareness to the plight of saving the
orangutans of Borneo.
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