2005 SB&F
Prize Nominees!
2005 marks
the 40th Anniversary of SB&F. To honor this Anniversary,
Subaru and SB&F are looking back on decades of outstanding
science books and honoring those authors and illustrators who
have made lasting contributions to children's science literature.
Each of the nominated authors and illustrators deserve praise
for the significant role they have played in improving the science
literacy of the many children who have enjoyed their books over
the years.
SB&F
will also honor an author of young adult and general audience
science books with the SB&F
Editor's Choice Prize. The winning author will be honored
for their body of work, which reaches both young adult and general
audiences, and encourages discussion and understanding of scientific
ideas in the wider community.
The nominees are:
Children's
science book authors -
Joanna
Cole, author of over 90 nonfiction books for children, including
the Magic School Bus series.
Jean
Craighead George, author of children's science books for
over 30 years, including the Newbery Medal winners, My Side
of the Mountain and Julie of the Wolves.
Dorothy
Hinshaw Patent, author of more than 100 books for children
and young adults, many of which have been selected as Outstanding
Science Trade Books for children by the National Science Teacher's
Association.
Kathryn
Lasky, Newbery Honor author of more than 50 books for children
and young adults, her latest book is Humphrey, Albert, and
the Flying Machine.
Patricia
Lauber, author of more than 125 books for young readers,
two of her books, Seeds: Pop Stick Glide and Journey
to the Planets, were nonfiction nominees for The American
Book Awards and her book, Volcano: The Eruption and Healing
of Mount St. Helens was a Newbery Honor Book.
Laurence
Pringle, award-winning author of over 100 books about nature,
science, health, and environmental issues, including Sharks!
Strange and Wonderful, and Dog of Discovery: A Newfoundland's
Adventures with Lewis and Clark.
Seymour
Simon, author of 200 highly acclaimed science books, over
half of which have been named Outstanding Science Trade Books
for Children by the National Science Teacher's Association
Hands-on
science book authors -
Vicki
Cobb, author of more than 80 highly entertaining nonfiction
books for children, including the acclaimed Science Experiments
You Can Eat.
Robert
Gardner, award-winning author of more than 100 nonfiction
books for children, including his latest series: Physics! Best
Science projects.
Bernie
Zubrowski, author of 16 books and 12 curriculum guides,
he is perhaps best known for designing hands-on learning activities
that engage young people in scientific explorations with very
simple materials.
Science
book illustrators -
Aliki,
author and illustrator of more than a dozen Let's-Read-and-Find-Out
Books, including Fossils Tell of Long Ago and Dinosaur
Bones.
Bruce
McMillan, holds a B.S. in biology from the University of
Maine, his children's books have received numerous honors.
Jim
Arnosky, winner of the Washington Post/Children's
Book Guild Award for his overall contribution to nonfiction
for children, he is the author/illustrator of the award-winning
book, Drawing From Nature.
