Longlist for 2023 Middle Grades Science Book Award
AAAS and Subaru are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2023 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Middle Grades Science 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 in the 2023 Middle Grades Science Book category are:
Chasing Bats and Tracking Rats: Urban Ecology, Community Science, and How We Share Our Cities, by Cylita Guy. Illustrated by Cornelia Li. Annick Press, 2021.
How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps, by Pamela S. Turner. Illustrated by John Gurche. Charlesbridge Publishing, 2022.
It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel (and Poop), by Dr. Jennifer Gardy. Illustrated by Belle Wuthrich. Greystone Kids, 2021.
My First Book of Microbes, by Sheddad Kaid-Salah Ferrón. Illustrated by Eduard Altarriba. Button Books, 2022.
The Science of Song: How and Why We Make Music, by Alan Cross, Emme Cross, and Nicole Mortillaro. Illustrated by Carl Wiens. Kids Can Press, 2021.
Snoozefest: The Surprising Science of Sleep, by Tanya Lloyd Kyi. Illustrated by Valéry Goulet. Kids Can Press, 2021.
Stolen Science: Thirteen Untold Stories of Scientists and Inventors Almost Written out of History, by Ella Schwartz. Illustrated by Gaby D'Alessandro. Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2021.
Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant, by Kate Messner. Photographs by Jake Messner. Lerner Publishing Group, 2022.
Finalists for the 2023 Prize will be announced in November. The Prize winners will be announced in February.
The longlist for the Children’s Science Picture Book category was announced earlier in the week.
