Cook Prize, 2012-2025
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2012 -- honoring the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) picture book
- 773 Resources including
- 78 Videos
- 28 Book Readings
- 96 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 55 book results
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
(Winner, 2012)
35+ Resources12 Awards
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
(Honor, 2017)
35+ Resources11 Awards
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
(Honor, 2021)
35+ Resources11 Awards
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
by Colleen Paeff and Nancy Carpenter
(Silver Honor, 2022)
35+ Resources8 Awards
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
(Winner, 2019)
35+ Resources9 Awards
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France
by Mara Rockliff and Iacopo Bruno
(Winner, 2016)
30+ Resources10 Awards
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
by Cheryl Bardoe and Barbara McClintock
(Honor, 2019)
25+ Resources11 Awards
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
by Laurie Wallmark and April Chu
(Honor, 2016)
25+ Resources7 Awards
Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet
by Elizabeth Rusch and Teresa Martínez
(Winner, 2020)
25+ Resources9 Awards
Butterfly for a King: Saving Hawaiʻi's Kamehameha Butterflies
by Cindy Trumbore and Susan L. Roth
(Silver Honor, 2022)
25+ Resources5 Awards
No Monkeys, No Chocolate
by Melissa Stewart, Allen Young, and Nicole Wong
(Honor, 2014)
25+ Resources4 Awards
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham
(Winner, 2014)
25+ Resources7 Awards
Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall
by Lynn Brunelle and Jason Chin
(Winner, 2025)
25+ Resources11 Awards
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas
by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
(Honor, 2013)
20+ Resources4 Awards
Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles
by Philippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson, and Meilo So
(Honor, 2017)
20+ Resources3 Awards
The Mystery of the Monarchs: How Kids, Teachers, and Butterfly Fans Helped Fred and Norah Urquhart Track the Great Monarch Migration
by Barb Rosenstock and Erika Meza
(Silver Honor, 2023)
20+ Resources5 Awards
Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor
by Robert Burleigh and Raúl Colón
(Honor, 2017)
20+ Resources7 Awards
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor
by Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu
(Honor, 2020)
20+ Resources4 Awards
Perkin's Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry
by Tami Lewis Brown, Debbie Loren Dunn, and Francesca Sanna
(Honor, 2021)
15+ Resources1 Awards
The Iguanodon's Horn: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again and Again
by Sean Rubin
(Honor, 2025)
15+ Resources7 Awards
Mysterious Patterns: Finding Fractals in Nature
by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell
(Honor, 2015)
15+ Resources6 Awards
Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park
by Lori Alexander and Jenn Ely
(Honor, 2025)
15+ Resources6 Awards
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
by Kathryn Gibbs Davis and Gilbert Ford
(Honor, 2015)
15+ Resources5 Awards
High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs
by Lisa Kahn Schnell and Alan Marks
(Honor, 2016)
15+ Resources4 Awards
Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle
by Deborah Lee Rose and Jane Veltkamp
(Winner, 2018)
15+ Resources3 Awards
Cougar Crossing: How Hollywood's Celebrity Cougar Helped Build a Bridge for City Wildlife
by Meeg Pincus and Alexander Vidal
(Gold Winner, 2022)
10+ Resources3 Awards
Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small
by Jess Wade and Melissa Castrillón
(Silver Honor, 2022)
10+ Resources4 Awards
We Go Way Back: A Book about Life on Earth and How It All Began
by Idan Ben-Barak and Philip Bunting
(Honor, 2024)
10+ Resources3 Awards
Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons
by Sara Levine and T.S. Spookytooth
(Honor, 2014)
10+ Resources2 Awards
Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle
by Cheryl Bardoe and Alan Marks
(Honor, 2015)
10+ Resources2 Awards
Santiago Saw Things Differently
by Christine Iverson and Luciano Lozano
(Honor, 2024)
10+ Resources4 Awards
Karl, Get Out of the Garden!: Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything
by Anita Sanchez and Catherine Stock
(Honor, 2018)
10+ Resources1 Awards
Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate
by Sara Levine and Masha D'Yans
(Honor, 2020)
10+ Resources2 Awards
If You Take Away the Otter
by Susannah Buhrman-Deever and Matthew Trueman
(Honor, 2021)
10+ Resources5 Awards
Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect: The True Story of Pakistan's First Woman Architect
by Marzieh Abbas and Hoda Hadadi
(Honor, 2025)
10+ Resources4 Awards
