SOCIETY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL 2002 Book Awards
Science, K-12

The Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) announces the recipients of the Society's 2001 best books awards. Other awards will be found at SSLI Book Awards. Please visit the SSLI Home Page for information about the organization.


[Science, K-6] [Science, 7-12]

Science- K-6

Posada, Mia. Ladybugs: Red, Fiery and Bright. Carolrhoda/Lerner, 2002.

Honor Books:

Rockwell, Ann. Becoming Butterflies. Walker & Co., 2002.

Romanek, Trudee. ZZZ...The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Sleep. Kids Can Press, 2002.

Goodman, Susan E. Claws, Coats and Camouflage: The Ways Animals Fit Into Their World. Millbrook, 2001.

Richards, Jean. A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds. Millbrook, 2002.

Kalman, Bobbie and Smithyman, Kathryn. Life Cycle of a Tree. Crabtree, 2002.

Guiberson, Brenda Z. Emperor Lays an Egg. Henry Holt, 2001.

Nadeau, Isaac. Food Chains in a Meadow Habitat. Power Kids Press/Rosen,, 2002.

Simon, Seymour. See More Readers. (Series) Sea Star Books/ North South Books, 2002.

Harrison, David. Caves: Mysterious Beneath Our Feet. Boyds Mills Press, 2001.

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Science, Grades 7 - 12

McDonald, David, ed. The Encyclopedia of Mammals. (3 volume set) Facts on File, 2001.

Honor Books:

Newman, Arnold. Tropical Rainforest. Checkmate Books/Facts on File, 2001.

Allaby, Michael. Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate (2 volume set) Facts on File, 2002.

Harris, Jacqueline. Sickle Cell Disease. 21st Century Books/Millbrook Press, 2001.

Viegas, Jennifer. Stem Cell Research. Rosen, 2003.

Wade, Mary Dodson. ALS: Lou Gehrig's Disease (series) Enslow Publishers, 2001.

McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino. Jonas Salk Conquering Polio. Lerner, 2002.

McClafferty, Carla Killough. The Head Bone's Connected to the Neck Bone. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001.

Walker, Sally M. Fossil Fish Found Alive: Discovering the Coelacanth. Carolrhoda/Lerner, 2002.

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