SOCIETY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL 1999 Book Awards
Science, K-12

The Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) announces the recipients of the Society's 1999 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:

Bateman, Robert. Safari. Little Brown, 1998.

Honor Books:

James, Betsy. Tadpoles. Dutton Children's Books, 1999.

Rockwell, Anne. Our Earth. Harcourt Brace, 1998.

Hunter, Ryan Ann. Dig A Tunnel. Holiday House, 1999.

Lesser, Carolyn. Spots : Counting Creatures From The Sea. Harcourt Brace, 1999.

Stockdale, Susan. Nature's Paintbrush : The Patterns and Colors Around You. Simon and Schuster, 1999.

Swinburne, Stephen. Safe, Warm And Snug. Gulliver/ Harcourt Brace, 1999.

Burnie, David. DK Nature Encyclopedia. DK, 1998.

Simon, Seymour. Muscles : Our Muscular Sustem. Morrow Junior Books, 1998.

Kalman, Bobbie. What Is A Reptile?. Science of Living Things Series. Crabtree, 1999.

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Science, Grades 7 - 12

Best Book:

Byrnie, Faith Hickman. 101 Questions Your Brain Has Asked Itself But Couldn't Answer...Until Now. Millbrook, 1998.

Honor Books:

Englebert, Phillis. Technology In Action. UXL/Gale, 1999.

Daldry, Jeremy. The Teenage Guy's Survival Guide. Little Brown, 1999.

Neimark, Anne E. Wild Heart : The Story of Joy Adamson. Harcourt Brace, 1999.

Micklem, Lara, ed. Ultimate Visual Dictionary of Science. DK, 1998.

Gallant, Roy A. Whe The Sun Dies. Marshall Cavendish, 1999.

Nagel, Rob. Endangered Species. UXL/Gale, 1999.

Buell, Janet. Greenland Mummies. Twenty-First Century Books, 1998.

Ridpatzl, Ian. Eye Witness Handbooks--Stars And Planets. DK, 1998.

Benowitz, Steven. Cancer. Enslow, 1999.

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