2024 Outstanding Science Trade Books
Book recommendations for educators, librarians, parents, and guardians of the best children’s books with science content published in 2023.
Animals in Surprising Shades
By: Susan Johnston Taylor
Illustrated by:
Annie Bakst
Annie Bakst
ISBN: 9781957655048
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
At Home with the Prairie Dog
By: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Illustrated by:
William Muñoz (photographer)
William Muñoz (photographer)
ISBN: 9781970039061
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
Becoming Bionic and Other Ways Science Is Making Us Super
By: Heather Camlot
Illustrated by:
Victor Wong
Victor Wong
ISBN: 9781771474610
Nonfiction, 7-12, Technology / Computers
Before Colors
By: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated by:
Madison Safer
Madison Safer
ISBN: 9781419757068
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
Ben Rothery’s Deadly and Dangerous Animals
By: Ben Rothery
ISBN: 9781958394250
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
Bone Wars
By: Jane Kurtz
Illustrated by:
Alexander Vidal
Alexander Vidal
ISBN: 9781534493643
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Clues Are in the Poo
By: Karen Chin, Jane Kurtz
Illustrated by:
Francisco Riolobos
Francisco Riolobos
ISBN: 9781478876175
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story
By: Jody Jensen Shaffer
Illustrated by:
Christopher Silas Neal
Christopher Silas Neal
ISBN: 9780593565520
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
Evolution
By: Sarah Darwin, Eva Maria Sadowski
Illustrated by:
Olga Baumert
Olga Baumert
ISBN: 9781912920549
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
Extra Life (Young Readers Adaptation)
By: Steven Johnson
ISBN: 9780593351499
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Mental / Physical Health
Find Out About Animal Camouflage
By: Martin Jenkins
Illustrated by:
Jane McGuinness
Jane McGuinness
ISBN: 9781536228366
Nonfiction, 4-6, Series
Her Eyes on the Stars
By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
Liz Wong
Liz Wong
ISBN: 9781954354135
Nonfiction, 7-12, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
How Birds Sleep
By: David Obuchowski
Illustrated by:
Sarah Pedry
Sarah Pedry
ISBN: 9781662650970
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
How to Spacewalk
By: Michael J. Rosen, Kathryn D. Sullivan
Illustrated by:
Michael J. Rosen
Michael J. Rosen
ISBN: 9781536226218
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
If the Rivers Run Free
By: Andrea Debbink
Illustrated by:
Nicole Wong
Nicole Wong
ISBN: 9781534112780
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
Masked Hero
By: Shan Woo Liu
Illustrated by:
Lisa Wee
Lisa Wee
ISBN: 9781536228984
Nonfiction, 4-6, Technology / Computers
Mission
By: Katharina Weiss-Tuider
Illustrated by:
Christian Schneider
Christian Schneider
ISBN: 9781771649568
Nonfiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
Paper World
By: The Templar Company LTD
Illustrated by:
Gail Armstrong
Gail Armstrong
ISBN: 9781536232639
Nonfiction, 7-12, Mental / Physical Health
The Pie That Molly Grew
By: Sue Heavenrich
Illustrated by:
Chamisa Kellogg
Chamisa Kellogg
ISBN: 9781534111844
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
Queen of Leaves
By: Stephen Briseño
Illustrated by:
Isabel Muñoz
Isabel Muñoz
ISBN: 9781959244011
Nonfiction, 7-12,Biography / Memoir
Rooting for Plants
By: Janice N. Harrington
Illustrated by:
Theadore Taylor III
Theadore Taylor III
ISBN: 9781662680199
Nonfiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
Santiago Saw Things Differently
By: Christine Iverson
Illustrated by:
Luciano Lozano
Luciano Lozano
ISBN: 9781536224535
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Sew Sister
By: Elise Matich
Illustrated by:
Elise Matich
Elise Matich
ISBN: 9780884489825
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Shining Star
By: Suzanne Slade
Illustrated by:
Susan Reagan
Susan Reagan
ISBN: 9781635926019
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
Sisters in Science
By: Linda Elovitz Marshall
Illustrated by:
Anna and Elena Balbusso
Anna and Elena Balbusso
ISBN: 9780593377581
Nonfiction, 4-6, Technology / Computers
Snow Man
By: Jonah Winter
Illustrated by:
Jeanette Winter
Jeanette Winter
ISBN: 9781665932394
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
A Star Explodes
By: James Gladstone
Illustrated by:
Yaara Eshet
Yaara Eshet
ISBN: 9781771474986
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
A Stone Is a Story
By: Leslie Barnard Booth
Illustrated by:
Mac Martin
Mac Martin
ISBN: 9781534496941
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
Tell Me About Space
By: Lisa Varchol Perron
Illustrated by:
Jennifer Falkner
Jennifer Falkner
ISBN: 9781665935579
Nonfiction, 4-6, Series
We Are Branches
By: Joyce Sidman
Illustrated by:
Beth Krommes
Beth Krommes
ISBN: 9780358538189
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
We Are Starlings
By: Robert Furrow, Donna Jo Napoli
Illustrated by:
Marc Martin
Marc Martin
ISBN: 9780593381632
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
We Need to Talk About Vaginas
By: Dr. Allison K. Rodgers
Illustrated by:
Annika Le Large
Annika Le Large
ISBN: 9781684492848
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Mental / Physical Health
Whale Fall
By: Melissa Stewart
Illustrated by:
Rob Dunlavey
Rob Dunlavey
ISBN: 9780593380604
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
Why Do Elephants Have Big Ears
By: Steven Jenkins, Robin Page
Illustrated by:
Steven Jenkins, Robin Page
Steven Jenkins, Robin Page
ISBN: 9780316456791
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
The Woman in the Moon
By: Richard Maurer
ISBN: 9781626728561
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Technology / Computers
