Longlist for 2024 Children's Science Picture Book Award
AAAS and Subaru are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2024 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 2024 Children’s Science Picture Book Award are:
Before Colors: Where Pigments and Dyes Come From, by Annette Bay Pimentel. Illustrated by Madison Safer. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2023.
The Flying Man: Otto Lilienthal, the World's First Pilot, by Mike Downs. Illustrated by David Hohn. Astra Young Readers, 2022.
The Moon Tonight: Our Moon's Journey Around Earth, by Jung Chang-hoon. Illustrated by Jang Ho. Translated by Paige Morris. Blue Dot Kids Press, 2023.
One Tiny Treefrog: A Countdown to Survival, written and illustrated by Tony Piedra and Mackenzie Joy. Candlewick Press, 2023.
Science of Baking (Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files #3), by Andrea Beaty and Dr. Theanne Griffith. Amulet Books, 2022.
The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey, written and illustrated by Jason Chin. Neal Porter Books, 2022.
We Go Way Back: A Book About Life on Earth and How it All Began, by Idan Ben-Barak. Illustrated by Philip Bunting. Roaring Brook Press, 2023.
Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-floor Ecosystem, by Melissa Stewart. Illustrated by Rob Dunlavey. Random House Studio, 2023.
Finalists for the 2024 Prize will be announced in November. The Prize winners will be announced in February.
