I was tickled to find out today that THE HIVE DETECTIVES has been named a finalist for the 2011 AAAS/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Excellence in Science Books. This mouthful of a prize was created six years ago in order to “encourage outstanding science writing and illustration for children.” Here’s the complete list of nominated titles in all four categories:
Children’s Science Picture Book
Bones. Steven Jenkins. (Illus.) Scholastic, 2010.
Lizards. Nic Bishop. (Illus.) Scholastic, 2010.
Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge. Joanna Cole. (Illus. by Bruce Degen; from the Magic School Bus Series.) Scholastic, 2010.
Why Do Elephants Need the Sun? Robert E. Well. (Illus.) Albert Whitman & Company, 2010.
Middle Grades Science Book
The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe. Loree Griffin Burns. (Photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz; from the Scientists in the Field Series.) Houghton Mifflin, 2010.
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Largest Parrot. Sy Montgomery. (Photographs by Nic Bishop; from the Scientists in the Field Series.) Houghton Mifflin, 2010.
The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing. Susan Jermain. Houghton Mifflin, 2010.
The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder. Mark Cassino and Jon Nelson. (Illus. by Nora Aoyagi.) Chronicle, 2009.
Young Adult Science Book
The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference. Alan Boyle. Wiley, 2009.
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of Elements. Sam Kean. Little Brown, 2010.
Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discovery, Deductions, and Debates. Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw. Charlesbridge, 2010.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot. Random House, 2010.
Hands-On Science Book
The Book of Potentially Catastrophic Science. Sean Connolly. (Illus.) Workman, 2010.
Insect Detective. Steve Voake. (Illus. by Charlotte Voake.) Candlewick, 2010.
Nature Science Experiments. Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen. (Illus. by Edward Miller; from the MAD Science Series.) Sterling, 2010.
You Are the Earth: From Dinosaur Breath to Pizza from Dirt. David Suzuki and Kathy Vanderlinden. Greystone, 2010.
Happy dancing in the Burns house today!