Longlist for 2021 Children's Science Picture Book Award

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AAAS and Subaru are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2021 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Children’s Science Picture Book category. The Prize celebrates outstanding science writing and illustration for children and young adults and is meant to encourage the writing and publishing of high-quality science books for all ages.

The longlist titles for the 2021 Children’s Science Picture Book Award are:

• The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan, by Amy Alznauer. Illustrated by Daniel Miyares. Candlewick Press, 2020.

• Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist, by Linda Skeers. Illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns. Sourcebooks Explore, 2020.

• Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera, by Candace Fleming. Illustrated by Eric Rohmann. Neal Porter Books, 2020.

• If You Take Away the Otter, by Susannah Buhrman-Deever. Illustrated by Matthew Trueman. Candlewick Press, 2020.

• Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet by Elizabeth Rusch. Illustrated by Teresa Martínez. Charlesbridge, 2019.

• Our World is Relative, by Julia Sooy. Illustrated by Molly Walsh. Feiwel & Friends, 2019.

• Packs: Strength in Numbers, by Hannah Salyer. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.

• Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery, by Meeg Pincus. Illustrated by Yas Imamura. Sleeping Bear Press, 2020.
  

Finalists for the 2021 Prize will be announced in November 2020. The Prize winners will be announced in January 2021.