SOCIETY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL 1997 Book Awards
Science, K-12

The Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) announces the recipients of the Society's 1997-98 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

Best Book:

Locker, Thomas. Water Dance. Harcourt Brace, 1997.

Honor Books:

Stanley, Diane. Leonardo Da Vinci. Morrow Junior Books, 1996.

Arnosky, Jim. Rabbits and Raindrops. G. P. Putnam & Sons, 1997.

Guiberson, Brenda. Into the Sea. Henry Holt, 1996.

Darting, Kathy. Seashore Babies. Walker & Co., 1997.

Lauber, Patricia. Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms. Scholastic, 1996.

Lesser, Carolyn. Storm on the Desert. Harcourt Brace, 1997.

Llewellyn, Claire. I Didn't Know that Some Bugs Glow in the Dark. Cooper Beach Books, Millbrook, 1997.

Micucci, Charles. The Life and Times of the Peanut. Houghton Mifflin, 1997.

Gravelle, Karen and Jennifer. The Period Book: Everything You Don't Want to Ask and Need to Know. Walker & Co., 1996

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Science, Grades 7 - 12

Best Book:

Litvinoff, Miles. The Young Gaia Atlas of Earthware. Facts on File, 1996.

Honor Books:

Stwerka, Albert. A Guide to the Elements. Oxford University Press, 1996.

Arnosky, Jim. Nearer Nature. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1996.

Englebert, Phillis. Astronomy and Space. UXL/Gale, 1996.

Gardner, Robert. Science Project Ideas About Rain. Enslow, 1977.

Hyde, Margaret O. and Elizabeth Forsyth. The Disease Book: A Kid's Guide. Walker & Co., 1997.

Moragne, Wendy. Attention Deficit Disorder. Millbrook, 1996.

Gravelle, Karen and Jennifer. The Period Book: Everything You Don't Want to Ask but Need to Know. Walker & Co., 1996.

Langley, Andrew. The Illustrated Book of Questions and Answers. Facts on File, 1996.

Wick, Walter. A Drop of Water. Scholastic, 1997.

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