2025 Outstanding Science Trade Books
Book recommendations for educators, librarians, parents, and guardians of the best children’s books with science content published in 2024.
Arboretum—Welcome to the Museum
By: Tony Kirkham
Illustrated by:
Katie Scott
Katie Scott
ISBN: 9781536235012
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
Bounce! A Scientific History of Rubber
By: Sarah Albee
Illustrated by:
Eileen Ryan Ewen
Eileen Ryan Ewen
ISBN: 9781623543792
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Change Is in the Air—Carbon, Climate, Earth, and Us
By: Debbie Levy
Illustrated by:
Alex Boersma
Alex Boersma
ISBN: 9781547612062
Nonfiction, 7-12, Environment / Sustainability / Recycling
Clever Crow
By: Chris Butterworth
Illustrated by:
Olivia Lomenech Gill
Olivia Lomenech Gill
ISBN: 9781536235425
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
The Den That Octopus Built
By: Randi Sonenshine
Illustrated by:
Anne Hunter
Anne Hunter
ISBN: 9781536226546
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
Discovering Life’s Story—The Evolution of an Idea
By: Joy Hakim
ISBN: 9781536222944
Nonfiction, Teen, Science / Nature
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
Alessio Alcini
ISBN: 9781636550725
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
Fire Escape—How Animals and Plants Survive Wildfires
By: Jessica Stremer
Illustrated by:
Michael Garland
Michael Garland
ISBN: 9780823454426
Nonfiction, 7-12, Environment / Sustainability / Recycling
A Flicker of Hope—A Story of Migration
By: Cynthia Harmony
Illustrated by:
Devon Holzwarth
Devon Holzwarth
ISBN: 9780593525760
Fiction, 4-6, Places / Travel
Golden Gate—Building the Mighty Bridge
By: Elizabeth Partridge
Illustrated by:
Ellen Heck
Ellen Heck
ISBN: 9781452135144
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
How Do You See the World?
By: Noureddine Melikechi
Illustrated by:
Michelle Simpson
Michelle Simpson
ISBN: 9781958629437
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
The Next Scientist—The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Futures of the World’s Greatest Scientist
By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Julia Kuo
Julia Kuo
ISBN: 9781452176963
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Of Words and Water—The Story of Wilma Dykeman–Writer, Historian, Environmentalist
By: Shannon Hitchcock
Illustrated by:
Sophie Page
Sophie Page
ISBN: 9781478870371
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
One Day This Tree Will Fall
By: Leslie Barnard Booth
Illustrated by:
Stephanie Fizer Coleman
Stephanie Fizer Coleman
ISBN: 9781534496965
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
Over and Under the Wetland
By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Christopher Silas Neal
Christopher Silas Neal
ISBN: 9781797210872
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
Pau—The Last Song of the Kaua’i ‘o’o
By: Tony Piedra and Mackenzie Joy
Illustrated by:
Tony Piedra and Mackenzie Joy
Tony Piedra and Mackenzie Joy
ISBN: 9781536219494
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
Planting Hope—A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião Salgado
By: Philip Hoelzel
Illustrated by:
Renato Alarcão
Renato Alarcão
ISBN: 9781534477650
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Remembering Rosalind Franklin—Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA
By: Tanya Lee Stone
Illustrated by:
Gretchen Ellen Powers
Gretchen Ellen Powers
ISBN: 9780316351249
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Saturdays at Harlem Grown—How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood
By: Tony Hillery
Illustrated by:
Jessie Hartland
Jessie Hartland
ISBN: 9781665929783
Nonfiction, 4-6, Environment / Sustainability / Recycling
Sleepy—Surprising Ways Animals Snooze
By: Jennifer Ward
Illustrated by:
Robin Page
Robin Page
ISBN: 9781665935104
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
Super Swifts—Small Birds with Amazing Powers
By: Justin Anderson
Illustrated by:
Clover Robin
Clover Robin
ISBN: 9781536231489
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
Up Periscope! How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding
By: Jennifer Swanson
Illustrated by:
Veronica Miller Jamison
Veronica Miller Jamison
ISBN: 9780316565486
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Wildlife Crossings of Hope—Connecting Creatures Around the Globe
By: Teddi Lynn Chichester
Illustrated by:
Jamie Green
Jamie Green
ISBN: 9780823453542
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
Wildlife Crossings—Protecting Animal Pathways Around the World
By: Catherine Barr
Illustrated by:
Christiane Engel
Christiane Engel
ISBN: 9781536236255
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
A Window into the Ocean Twilight Zone—Twenty-Four Days of Science at Sea
By: Michelle Cusolito
ISBN: 9781623543020
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
