Cook Prize, 2012-2021
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2012 -- honoring the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) picture book
Sponsored by Bank Street College of Education

- 590 Resources including
- 51 Videos
- 17 Book Readings
- 75 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-40 of 40 book results

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
(Honor, 2017)
33 Resources8 Awards

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
(Winner, 2012)
30 Resources11 Awards

Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France
by Mara Rockliff and Iacopo Bruno
(Winner, 2016)
28 Resources9 Awards

Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
(Honor, 2021)
28 Resources11 Awards

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
(Winner, 2019)
25 Resources7 Awards

Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
by Cheryl Bardoe and Barbara McClintock
(Honor, 2019)
24 Resources10 Awards

Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
by Laurie Wallmark and April Chu
(Honor, 2016)
23 Resources5 Awards

The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham
(Winner, 2014)
22 Resources6 Awards

Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles
by Philippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson, and Meilo So
(Honor, 2017)
22 Resources3 Awards

Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas
by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
(Honor, 2013)
21 Resources4 Awards

Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet
by Elizabeth Rusch and Teresa Martinez
(Winner, 2020)
21 Resources10 Awards

Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor
by Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu
(Honor, 2020)
18 Resources3 Awards


Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor
by Robert Burleigh and Raúl Colón
(Honor, 2017)
17 Resources6 Awards

No Monkeys, No Chocolate
by Melissa Stewart, Allen Young, and Nicole Wong
(Honor, 2014)
16 Resources3 Awards



Perkin's Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry
by Tami Lewis Brown, Debbie Loren Dunn, and Francesca Sanna
(Honor, 2021)
13 Resources2 Awards


Mysterious Patterns: Finding Fractals in Nature
by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell
(Honor, 2015)
12 Resources3 Awards

High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs
by Lisa Kahn Schnell and Alan Marks
(Honor, 2016)
11 Resources4 Awards






Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle
by Deborah Lee Rose and Jane Veltkamp
(Winner, 2018)
9 Resources3 Awards


Karl, Get Out of the Garden!: Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything
by Anita Sanchez and Catherine Stock
(Honor, 2018)
8 Resources1 Awards


If You Take Away the Otter
by Susannah Buhrman-Deever and Matthew Trueman
(Honor, 2021)
8 Resources6 Awards


Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons
by Sara Levine and T.S. Spookytooth
(Honor, 2014)
6 Resources2 Awards

Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7, the Most Famous Wolf in the West
by Emma Bland Smith and Robin James
(Winner, 2017)
6 Resources1 Awards

Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate
by Sara Levine and Masha D'Yans
(Honor, 2020)
6 Resources2 Awards

About Hummingbirds: A Guide for Children
by Cathryn P. Sill and John Sill
(Honor, 2012)
4 Resources1 Awards

Fossil by Fossil: Comparing Dinosaur Bones
by Sara Levine and T.S. Spookytooth
(Honor, 2019)
4 Resources1 Awards
