Babies in the Bayou, written and illustrated by Jim Arnosky. (Penguin Group, 2007). Purchase.

Boy, Were We Wrong about Dinosaurs by Kathleen V. Kudlinski, with illustrations by S.D. Schindler. (Dutton Children's Books, 2005). Purchase

An Egg Is Quiet by Dianna Aston, with illustrations by Sylvia Long. (Chronicle Books, 2006). Purchase.

Eggs by Marilyn Singer, with illustrations by Emma Stevenson. (Holiday House, 2008). Purchase.

Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas by Cheryl Bardo, with illustrations by Jos A. Smith. (Harry N. Abrams, 2007). Purchase.

Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor, written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully. (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2006). Purchase.

Sisters and Brothers by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. (Houghton Mifflin, 2008). Purchase.

Spiders by Nic Bishop, with photographs by the author. (Scholastic, 2007). Purchase.

Turtle Summer: A Journal for My Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe, with photographs by Barbara J. Bergwerf. (Sylvan Dell, 2007). Purchase

Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre, with illustrations by Steve Jenkins. (Henry Holt, 2007). Purchase.

What Is Science? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, illustrations by Sachiko. (Henry Holt & Co., 2006). Purchase.

Where in the Wild? Camouflaged Creatures Concealed and Revealed by David Schwartz and Yael Schy, with photographs by Dwight Kuhn. (Tricycle Press, 2007). Purchase.

Wings by Sneed B. Collard, III, with illustrations by Robin Brickman. (Charlesbridge, 2008). Purchase.

Wings of Light: The Migration of the Yellow Butterfly by Stephen R. Swineburne, illustrations by Bruce Hiscock. (Boyds Mills Press, 2006). Purchase.

The Wolves Are Back by Jean Craighead George, with illustrations by Wendell Minor. (Dutton, 2008). Purchase.

Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with a Caribou Herd by Karsten Heuer. (Walker & Co., 2007). Purchase.

Circulating Life: Blood Transfusion from Ancient Superstitions to Modern Medicine by Cherie Winner. (Twenty-First Century Books, 2007). Purchase.

Cold Light: Creatures, Discoveries, and Inventions that Glow by Anita Sitarski. (Boyds Mills Press, 2007). Purchase.

A Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat by Joan Dash. (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2006). Purchase.

Dinosaur Eggs Discovered: Unscrambling the Clues! by Lowell Dingus, Luis M. Chaippe, and Rodolfo Coria. (Twenty-First Century Books, 2007). Purchase.

ER Vets: Life in an Animal Emergency Room by Donna M. Jackson. (Houghton Mifflin, 2005). Purchase.

Frog Heaven: Ecology of a Vernal Pool by Doug Wechsler. (Boyds Mills Press, 2007). Purchase.

George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden. (Abrams, 2008). Purchase.

How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch. (Dawn, 2008). Purchase.

Life on Earth—and Beyond: An Astrobiologist's Quest by Pamela S. Turner. (Charlesbridge, 2008). Purchase.

Oh, Rats! The Story of Rats and People by Albert Marrin. (Dutton Children's Books, 2006). Purchase.

Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin Burns. (Houghton Mifflin, 2007). Purchase.

Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo II on the Moon by Catherine Thimmesh. (Houghton Mifflin, 2006). Purchase.

What's Eating You? Parasites—The Inside Story by Nicola Davies, with illustrated by Neal Layton. (Candlewick, 2007). Purchase.

Bone Detective: The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France (From the Women's Adventures in Science Series) by Lorraine Jean Hopping. (Franklin Watts, 2005). Purchase.

The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier. (Houghton Mifflin, 2007). Purchase.

Cool Stuff and How It Works by Chris Woodford and Luke Collins. (DK Publishing, 2005). Purchase.

Dinosaurs: The Most Complete-Up-To-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages by Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. (Random House, 2007). Purchase.

Is Pluto a Planet? A Historical Journey Through the Solar System by David A. Weintraub. (Princeton, 2006). Purchase.

Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness by Erik Reece. (Riverhead Books, 2006). Purchase.

An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere by Gabrielle Walker. (Harcourt, 2007). Purchase.

The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell by Rachel Herz. (William Morrow & Co., 2007). Purchase.

The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret by Seth Shulman. (W. W. Norton, 2008). Purchase.

Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations by Eric Dinerstein. (Island Press, 2005). Purchase.

Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life by Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang. (Bloomsbury, 2008). Purchase.

The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by Richard Preston (Random House, 2007). Purchase.

Animal Tracks & Signs by Jinny Johnson. (National Geographic Society, 2008). Purchase.

The Brook Book by Jim Arnosky. (Dutton, 2008). Purchase.

Exploratopia by Pat Murphy, Ellen Macaulay, and the staff of the Exploratorium. (Little Brown & Company, 2007). Purchase.

Forgery: Crime-Solving Science Experiments by Kenneth G. Rainis. (Enslow, 2006). Purchase.

The Great Graph Contest by Loreen Leedy. (Holiday House, 2005). Purchase.

Lowdown on Earthworms by Norma Dixon. (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2006). Purchase.

Sound Projects with a Music Lab You Can Build by Robert Gardner. (Enslow, 2008). Purchase.

Stellar Science Projects about Earth's Sky by Robert Gardner. (Enslow, 2007). Purchase.

Temperature (From the Measure Up! Series) by Navin Sullivan. (Marshall Cavendish, 2006). Purchase.

Thomas Edison for Kids by Laurie Carlson. (Chicago Review Press, 2006). Purchase.

True Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet by Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin. (National Geographic Society, 2008). Purchase.

The Ultimate Guide to Your Microscope by Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone. (Sterling, 2008). Purchase.