SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, 2006-2020
Resources for a selection of titles recognized for this award since its inception in 2006 -- recognizing outstanding science writing and illustration
Sponsored by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Subaru
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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
by Miranda Paul and Elizabeth Zunon(Commended, 2016)
22 Resources5 Awards
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France
by Mara Rockliff and Iacopo Bruno(Commended, 2016)
21 Resources7 Awards
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
by Jess Keating and Marta Álvarez Miguéns(Finalist, 2018)
20 Resources3 Awards
Plastic, Ahoy!: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
by Patricia Newman and Annie Crawley(Finalist, 2015)
19 Resources3 Awards
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas
by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm(Winner, 2013)
19 Resources3 Awards
Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor
by Robert Burleigh and Raúl Colón(Finalist, 2017)
18 Resources6 Awards
The Skull in the Rock: How a Scientist, a Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window on Human Origins
by Lee Berger and Marc Aronson(Winner, 2014)
17 Resources2 Awards
How to Swallow a Pig: Step-By-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom
by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page(Commended, 2016)
17 Resources4 Awards
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs
by Kate Messner and Matthew Forsythe(Finalist, 2019)
17 Resources7 Awards
When Sue Found Sue: Sue Hendrickson Discovers Her T. Rex
by Toni Buzzeo and Diana Sudyka(Finalist, 2020)
17 Resources3 Awards
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
by Sy Montgomery(Winner, 2013)
16 Resources5 Awards
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
by Elizabeth Kolbert(Finalist, 2015)
15 Resources1 Award
Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
by Annette LeBlanc Cate(Winner, 2014)
15 Resources5 Awards
The Wolves Are Back
by Jean Craighead George and Wendell Minor(Finalist, 2009)
15 Resources2 Awards
The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe
by Loree Griffin Burns and Ellen Harasimowicz(Winner, 2011)
15 Resources3 Awards
Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life
by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm(Winner, 2010)
15 Resources3 Awards
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
by Catherine Thimmesh(Winner, 2007)
15 Resources5 Awards
Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth
by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm(Finalist, 2014)
15 Resources5 Awards
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor
by Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu(Longlist, 2020)
15 Resources2 Awards
Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
by Patricia Newman(Finalist, 2018)
14 Resources5 Awards
Sisters & Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World
by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page(Winner, 2008)
14 Resources2 Awards
The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge
by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen(Winner, 2011)
14 Resources3 Awards
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold
by Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen(Commended, 2016)
14 Resources5 Awards
Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard
by Loree Griffin Burns and Ellen Harasimowicz(Winner, 2013)
14 Resources4 Awards
Handle with Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey
by Loree Griffin Burns and Ellen Harasimowicz(Finalist, 2015)
13 Resources3 Awards
Over and Under the Pond
by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal(Finalist, 2018)
13 Resources2 Awards
Things That Float and Things That Don't
by David A. Adler and Anna Raff(Finalist, 2014)
13 Resources3 Awards
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion
by Loree Griffin Burns(Finalist, 2008)
13 Resources4 Awards
The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees: A Scientific Mystery
by Sandra Markle(Finalist, 2015)
13 Resources2 Awards
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines
by Paul Fleischman(Finalist, 2015)
13 Resources7 Awards
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal(Commended, 2016)
13 Resources1 Award
Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist
by Sylvia Acevedo(Longlist, 2020)
12 Resources2 Awards
The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery
by Sandra Markle(Winner, 2012)
12 Resources4 Awards
Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives
by Elizabeth Rusch and Tom Uhlman(Finalist, 2014)
12 Resources5 Awards
Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree
by Kate Messner and Simona Mulazzani(Finalist, 2016)
12 Resources2 Awards