Cook Prize, 2012-2023
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

- 749 Resources including
- 72 Videos
- 26 Book Readings
- 82 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-47 of 47 book results

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
(Honor, 2017)
38 Resources11 Awards

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
(Winner, 2012)
33 Resources12 Awards

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
(Winner, 2019)
33 Resources9 Awards

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

The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
by Colleen Paeff and Nancy Carpenter
(Silver Honor, 2022)
33 Resources8 Awards

Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France
by Mara Rockliff and Iacopo Bruno
(Winner, 2016)
29 Resources10 Awards

Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
by Cheryl Bardoe and Barbara McClintock
(Honor, 2019)
26 Resources11 Awards

The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham
(Winner, 2014)
24 Resources7 Awards

Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
by Laurie Wallmark and April Chu
(Honor, 2016)
24 Resources7 Awards

Butterfly for a King: Saving Hawaiʻi's Kamehameha Butterflies
by Cindy Trumbore and Susan L. Roth
(Silver Honor, 2022)
24 Resources5 Awards

Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet
by Elizabeth Rusch and Teresa Martínez
(Winner, 2020)
23 Resources9 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)
20 Resources3 Awards

Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor
by Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu
(Honor, 2020)
20 Resources4 Awards

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

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

Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor
by Robert Burleigh and Raúl Colón
(Honor, 2017)
17 Resources7 Awards

The Mystery of the Monarchs: How Kids, Teachers, and Butterfly Fans Helped Fred and Norah Urquhart Track the Great Monarch Migration
by Barb Rosenstock and Erika Meza
(Silver Honor, 2023)
17 Resources6 Awards




Mysterious Patterns: Finding Fractals in Nature
by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell
(Honor, 2015)
15 Resources6 Awards

Perkin's Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry
by Tami Lewis Brown, Debbie Loren Dunn, and Francesca Sanna
(Honor, 2021)
15 Resources1 Awards



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

Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small
by Jess Wade and Melissa Castrillón
(Silver Honor, 2022)
12 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)
11 Resources3 Awards




Cougar Crossing: How Hollywood's Celebrity Cougar Helped Build a Bridge for City Wildlife
by Meeg Pincus and Alexander Vidal
(Gold Winner, 2022)
10 Resources3 Awards

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



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

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

If You Take Away the Otter
by Susannah Buhrman-Deever and Matthew Trueman
(Honor, 2021)
7 Resources5 Awards

Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep
by Elaine M. Alexander and Fiona Fogg
(Gold Winner, 2023)
7 Resources3 Awards

Infinity: Figuring Out Forever
by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell
(Silver Honor, 2023)
7 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


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

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