2010 Children's Science-Book Stars

Science-book fans, take note. The 2010 "outstanding science trade books for students K-12" were recently announced by the National Science Teachers Association. I'm surprised by the omission of a few books I expected to see on this excellent annual list, but excited about some titles I'd not heard of. (The books were published in 2009.) If I ran a library (and had unlimited funds), I'd buy all of these for the nonfiction crowd.