Longlist for 2020 Children's Science Picture Book Award Announced

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AAAS and Subaru are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2020 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 2020 Children’s Science Picture Book Award are:

• Butterflies in Room 6: See How They Grow, by Caroline Arnold. Charlesbridge, 2019.

• Follow That Bee! A First Book of Bees in the City, by Scot Ritchie. Kids Can Press, 2019.

• Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor, by Laurie Wallmark. Illustrated by Katy Wu. Sterling Children's Books, 2019.

• Moth: An Evolution Story, by Isabel Thomas. Illustrated by Daniel Egnéus. Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019.

• A Ray of Light: A Book of Science and Wonder, by Walter Wick. Scholastic Press, 2019.

• Soar High, Dragonfly!, by Sheri Mabry Bestor. Illustrated by Jonny Lambert. Sleeping Bear Press, 2019.

• Summer Green to Autumn Gold: Uncovering Leaves' Hidden Colors, by Mia Posada. Lerner Publishing Group, 2019.

• When Sue Found Sue: Sue Hendrickson Discovers Her T. Rex, by Toni Buzzeo. Illustrated by Diana Sudyka. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019.
  

Finalists for the 2020 prize will be announced in November. The prize will be bestowed at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Seattle, W.A., February 13-16, 2020.