2006 SB&F Prize Finalist

Children's Science Picture books:

About Mollusks: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill; illustrated by John Sill. (Peachtree) Order

Mosquito Bite by Alexandra Siy & Dennis Kunkel. (Charlesbridge) Order

A Mother's Journey by Sandra Markle; illustrated by Alan Marks. (Charlesbridge) Order

Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust by April Pulley Sayre, with illustrations by Ann Jonas. (HarperCollins) Order

Middle Grades Nonfiction Science books:

Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein by Marfe Ferguson Delano (National Geographic) Order

Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes by Pamela S. Turner (Houghton Mifflin) Order

Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-experimenters in Science and Medicine by Leslie Dendy and Mel Boring(Henry Holt) Order

The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands written and photographed by Sneed B. Collard, III (Houghton Mifflin) Order

Popular Science Books for High School Readers:

Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity by David Bodanis (Crown) Order

The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker by Tim Gallagher (Houghton Mifflin) Order

Insights from Insects: What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us by Gilbert Waldbauer (Prometheus) Order

Invisible Allies: Microbes That Shape Our Lives by Jeanette Farrell (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Order

Hands-on Science/Activity books:

The Amateur Naturalist by Nick Baker (National Geographic) Order

Backyard Science by Shar Levine & Leslie Johnstone (Sterling) Order

Cool Chemistry Concoctions: 50 Formulas that Fizz, Foam, Splatter and Ooze by Joe Rhatigan & Veronika Gunter (Sterling) Order

I Fall Down by Vicki Cobb (HarperCollins) Order

Wild about Weather: 50 Wet, Windy and Wonderful Activities by Ed Brotak (Sterling) Order