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A SEED IS SLEEPY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Aston
Author's First Name: 
Dianna Hutts
Illustrator's First Name: 
Sylvia
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Long
Publisher: 
Chronicle
Publication Date: 
2007

From seeds "as small as a freckle" to ones weighing sixty pounds, this exploration of dormancy and germination bursts with colorful illustrations and equally colorful facts.

LIFE IN THE BOREAL FOREST

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Guiberson
Author's First Name: 
Brenda
Illustrator's First Name: 
Gennady
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Spirin
Publisher: 
Holt
Publication Date: 
2009

Exquisitely detailed and stunningly realistic illustrations combine with a lyrical text to capture the complexity of life within this unique, yet diminishing, ecosystem, whose resources are threatened by ever encroaching human development.

LIFE ON EARTH - AND BEYOND: AN ASTROBIOLOGIST'S QUEST

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Turner
Author's First Name: 
Pamela S.
Publisher: 
Charlesbridge
Publication Date: 
2008

Part scientist, part detective, astrobiologist Chris McKay looks for organisms in extreme, even hostile, environments hoping to unlock the mystery of how life might survive on Mars and beyond.

PLANTING THE TREES OF KENYA: THE STORY OF WANGARI MAATHAI

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Nivola
Author's First Name: 
Claire A.
Publisher: 
Frances Foster
Publication Date: 
2008

What can one person do? This inspirational picture book biography answers that question by showing how Wangari Maathai, recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, led others to plant three million trees and reforest the arid soil of Kenya.

Redwoods

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Chin
Author's First Name: 
Jason
Publisher: 
Flash Point
Publication Date: 
2009
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

Chin uses an imaginative story with beautiful illustrations to present factual information about the coast redwoods. The text is clear and concise. The watercolor illustrations are detailed and use varying perspectives to portray a visual narrative. Past and present are blended with urban and natural worlds to convey the majesty and endurance of the tree and its forest.

A boy becomes magically immersed into the life, history and majesty of the California Redwood rainforest after finding a book titled “Redwoods” on a bench in the city subway. Realistic watercolor illustrations are paired with an imaginative blend of nonfiction and fantasy.

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