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
- 768 Resources including
- 78 Videos
- 28 Book Readings
- 95 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)
33 Resources12 Awards
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
(Honor, 2017)
33 Resources11 Awards
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
(Honor, 2021)
33 Resources11 Awards
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
by Colleen Paeff and Nancy Carpenter
(Silver Honor, 2022)
31 Resources8 Awards
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
(Winner, 2019)
30 Resources9 Awards
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France
by Mara Rockliff and Iacopo Bruno
(Winner, 2016)
26 Resources10 Awards
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
by Cheryl Bardoe and Barbara McClintock
(Honor, 2019)
24 Resources11 Awards
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
by Laurie Wallmark and April Chu
(Honor, 2016)
22 Resources7 Awards
Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet
by Elizabeth Rusch and Teresa Martínez
(Winner, 2020)
22 Resources9 Awards
Butterfly for a King: Saving Hawaiʻi's Kamehameha Butterflies
by Cindy Trumbore and Susan L. Roth
(Silver Honor, 2022)
22 Resources5 Awards
No Monkeys, No Chocolate
by Melissa Stewart, Allen Young, and Nicole Wong
(Honor, 2014)
21 Resources4 Awards
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham
(Winner, 2014)
21 Resources7 Awards
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas
by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
(Honor, 2013)
18 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)
18 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)
18 Resources5 Awards
Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall
by Lynn Brunelle and Jason Chin
(Finalist, 2025)
18 Resources10 Awards
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor
by Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu
(Honor, 2020)
17 Resources4 Awards
Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor
by Robert Burleigh and Raúl Colón
(Honor, 2017)
16 Resources7 Awards
Perkin's Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry
by Tami Lewis Brown, Debbie Loren Dunn, and Francesca Sanna
(Honor, 2021)
14 Resources1 Awards
Mysterious Patterns: Finding Fractals in Nature
by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell
(Honor, 2015)
13 Resources6 Awards
The Iguanodon's Horn: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again and Again
by Sean Rubin
(Finalist, 2025)
12 Resources6 Awards
High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs
by Lisa Kahn Schnell and Alan Marks
(Honor, 2016)
11 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)
10 Resources3 Awards
Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park
by Lori Alexander and Jenn Ely
(Finalist, 2025)
10 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)
9 Resources3 Awards
Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small
by Jess Wade and Melissa Castrillón
(Silver Honor, 2022)
9 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)
9 Resources3 Awards
Santiago Saw Things Differently
by Christine Iverson and Luciano Lozano
(Honor, 2024)
8 Resources4 Awards
Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons
by Sara Levine and T.S. Spookytooth
(Honor, 2014)
6 Resources2 Awards
Karl, Get Out of the Garden!: Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything
by Anita Sanchez and Catherine Stock
(Honor, 2018)
6 Resources1 Awards
Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate
by Sara Levine and Masha D'Yans
(Honor, 2020)
6 Resources2 Awards
If You Take Away the Otter
by Susannah Buhrman-Deever and Matthew Trueman
(Honor, 2021)
6 Resources5 Awards
Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7, the Most Famous Wolf in the West
by Emma Bland Smith and Robin James
(Winner, 2017)
5 Resources1 Awards
