Nonfiction award winners for school age children


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Book cover for "Fox"
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"Fox teaches her cubs to survive in the wild, until one day she dies. Her body goes back to earth and grass and air, nourishing the world around her, showing that death is also a beginning"--
Book cover for "Hello, Earth!"
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3 stars
Description:
"Poems addressed to the earth itself explore scientific concepts including plate tectonics, water cycles, and the creation of tides"--
Book cover for "Mimic makers"
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"In biomimicry, scientists imitate traits found in nature. An engineer shapes the nose of his bullet train like a kingfisher's beak. A scientist models her solar cell on the mighty leaf. Discover how ten inventors were inspired by animals and plants to create cutting-edge technology"--

4. Moth

Book cover for "Moth"
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A newly-emerged peppered moth blends in with other speckled-winged moths on lichen-covered branches, but over time the moths with black wings increase as trees are blackened by soot from man-made machines.
Book cover for "Summertime sleepers"
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"All science classrooms discuss animals that hibernate during winter months, but few know about animals that estivate--a prolonged sleep during hot or dry periods. Dual layers of text awaken readers to the reasons estivating animals become dormant--whether it's because warm weather threatens food supply or to avoid increased body temperatures."--