JoinOutstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12
Books Published in 2024
In the award-winning books below, you'll find not only traditional science content but also elements of engineering and design. We hope you'll enjoy exploring science through this collection of outstanding children’s books.
Arboretum: Welcome to the Museum
By: Tony Kirkham, illustrated by Katie Scott
Candlewick Press / Big Picture Press
Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber
By: Sarah Albee, illustrated by Eileen Ryan Ewen
Charlesbridge Publishing
Change Is in the Air: Carbon, Climate, Earth, and Us
By: Debbie Levy, illustrated by Alex Boersma
Bloomsbury
Clever Crow
By: Chris Butterworth, illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill
Candlewick Press
The Den That Octopus Built
By: Randi Sonenshine, illustrated by Anne Hunter
Candlewick Press
Discovering Life’s Story: The Evolution of an Idea
By: Joy Hakim
Candlewick Press / MITeen Press
Extinctopedia: Discover What We Have Lost, What Is at Risk, and How We Can Preserve the Diversity of Our Fragile Planet
By: Serenella Quarello, illustrated by Alessio Alcini
Red Comet Press
Fire Escape: How Animals and Plants Survive Wildfires
By: Jessica Stremer, illustrated by Michael Garland
Holiday House
A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration
By: Cynthia Harmony, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
Penguin Young Readers / Viking Books for Young Readers
Golden Gate: Building the Mighty Bridge
By: Elizabeth Partridge, illustrated by Ellen Heck
Chronicle Books
How Do You See the World?
By: Noureddine Melikechi, illustrated by Michelle Simpson
Platypus Media / Science, Naturally!
Look
By: Gabi Snyder, illustrated by Samantha Cotterill
Simon & Schuster Children’s / Paula Wiseman Books
The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Futures of the World's Greatest Scientist
By: Kate Messner, illustrated by Julia Kuo
Chronicle Books
Of Words and Water: The Story of Wilma Dykeman--Writer, Historian, Environmentalist
By: Shannon Hitchcock, illustrated by Sophie Page
Benchmark Education / Reycraft Books
One Day This Tree Will Fall
By: Leslie Barnard Booth, illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman
Simon & Schuster Childrens / Margaret K. McElderry Books
Over and Under the Wetland
By: Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal
Chronicle Books
Owls: Who Gives a Hoot?
By: Frances Backhouse
Orca Book Publishers
Pau: The Last Song of the Kaua’i ‘o’o
By: Tony Piedra and Mackenzie Joy
Candlewick Press
Planting Hope: A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião Salgado
By: Philip Hoelzel, illustrated by Renato Alarcão
Simon & Schuster Childrens / Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Remembering Rosalind Franklin: Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA
By: Tanya Lee Stone, illustrated by Gretchen Ellen Powers
Little Brown Books for Young Readers / Christy Ottaviano Books
Saturdays at Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood
By: Tony Hillery, illustrated by Jessie Hartland
Simon & Schuster Childrens / Paula Wiseman Books
Sleepy: Surprising Ways Animals Snooze
By: Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Robin Page
Simon & Schuster Childrens / Beach Lane Books
Super Swifts: Small Birds with Amazing Powers
By: Justin Anderson, illustrated by Clover Robin
Candlewick Press
Up Periscope!: How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding
By: Jennifer Swanson, illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison
Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Wildlife Crossings of Hope: Connecting Creatures Around the Globe
By: Teddi Lynn Chichester, illustrated by Jamie Green
Holiday House
Wildlife Crossings: Protecting Animal Pathways Around the World
By: Catherine Barr, illustrated by Christiane Engel
Candlewick Press
A Window into the Ocean Twilight Zone: Twenty-Four Days of Science at Sea
By: Michelle Cusolito
Charlesbridge Publishing