A SELECTION OF CANADIAN CHILDREN’S SCIENCE BOOKS 2013
Baillie, Marilyn- www.mapletreepress.com, Amazing Things Animals Do — QL751.5 .B34 2003a
Bayrock, Fiona – www.fionabayrock.com – Bubble Homes and Fish Farts — QL49 .B39 2009
Bartholomew, Alan – Electric Gadgets And Gizmos: Battery-Powered Buildable Gadgets That Go! — TK148 .B37 1998
Bateman, Robert – www.robertbateman.ca – Birds of Prey — QL674 .B382 2007
Becker, Helanie – www.helainebecker.com The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea – GC1090 .B43 2012
Becker, Helanie – www.helainebecker.com – The Insecto-Files – QL467.2 .B42 2009
Berkowitz, Jacob – www.jacobberkowitz.com – Jurassic Poop — QE899.2.C67 B47 2006
Berkowitz, Jacob – www.jacobberkowitz.com – Out of this world: The Amazing Search for an Alien Earth – QB54 .B375 2009
Bogart, Jo Ellen – www.canscaip.org/bios/bogart. Big and Small, Room for All – BF299.S5 B64 2009
Bondar, Barbara – www.barbarabondar.com – On the Shuttle:Eight Days in Space TL789.85.B65B65 1993
Bortolotti, Dan – www.danbortolotti.com – Wild Blue — QL737.C424 B67 2008 (Woodward)
Bosak, Susan – www.legacyproject.org – Science Is — QH81 .B67 2000
Bourgeois, Paulette – www.paulettebourgeoiswriter.com – The Dirt on Dirt — S591.3 .B783 2008
*Bow, James – http://bowjamesbow.ca/ – Deep Space Extremes – QB505.B69 2009
Bowers, Vivien – www.vivienbowers.com – Crime Scene — HV8073.8 .B68 2006
Brewster, Hugh – www.hughbrewster.com Dinosaurs in Your Backyard – QE861.5 .B74 2009
Conlan, Kathy, Under the Ice — QH91.16 .C65 2002
*Cook, Peter and Laura Suzuki – Canada Recycles – TD794.5 .C66 2012
*Christie, Peter – 50 Climate Questions: A Blizzard of Blistering Facts – QC863.5 .C47 2012
Christie, Peter, Animal Snoops – QL785 .C556 2010
Cumbaa, Stephen – www.kidscanpress.com, Sea Monsters — QL122.2 .C86 2007
De Vries, Maggie – www.maggiedevries.com, Tale of a Great White Fish: a Sturgeon Story — QL638.A25 D49 2006
Drake, Jane and Ann Love – www.janedrake.ca, Alien Invaders: Species That Threaten Our World — QL83 .D73 2008
Dyer, Alan – Mission to the Moon – TL789.8.U6 A53285 2008
Dyer, Hadley – Potatoes on Rooftops: farming in the city – SB453 .D94 2012
Eamer, Claire – www.claireeamer.com – Lizards in the Sky: Animals where you least expect them – QL49 .E245 2010
Eamer, Claire – www.claireeamer.com, Spiked Scorpions & Walking Whales: Modern Animals, Ancient Animals, and Water — QH367.1 .E238 2009
Eamer, Claire – www.claireeamer.com – World in Your Lunch Box – TX355 .E12 2012
Everything, Eva – What does the earth sound like?: 159 astounding science quizzes – online
Forsyth, Adrian, How Monkeys Make Chocolate — QK98.5.A1 F67 2006 and QK98.5.A1 F67 1995
Flatt, Lizann – www.lizannflatt.com The Nature Treasurey — QH48 .F59 2005
Helm, Charles, Daniel’s Dinosaurs: A True Story of Discovery — QE861.5 .H44 2004
Hickman, Pamela, Turtle Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife QL666.C5 H52 2005
Hodge, Deborah – www.deborahhodge.com ,Up We Grow! A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm — S519 .H56 2010
Galat, Joan Marie – www.joangalat.com ,Dot to Dot in the Sky, Stories of the Moon QB582 .G34 2004
Ingram, Jay – www.jayingram.ca , The Velocity of Honey and More Science of Everyday Life — Q173 .I534 2003
Isabella, Jude – www.judeisabella.com, Hoaxed! Fakes and Mistakes in the World of Science — Q175.37 .H62 2009
Johanson, Paula, HIV and AIDS (Coping in a Changing World)
Jones, David , Mighty Robots: Mechanical Marvels that Fascinate and Frighten — TJ211.2 .J66 2005
Kaner, Etta – www.bookcentre.ca/directory/etta_kaner, – Earth Friendly Buildings, Bridges and More: the Eco Journal of Corry Lapont – NA2542.36 .K365 2012
Kaner, Etta – www.bookcentre.ca/directory/etta_kaner, Who Likes the Sun? — QB521.5 .K35 2007
Kelsey, Elin – www.elinkelseyandcompany.com – Not your Typical Book about the Environment – GF48 .K45 2010
Kelsey, Elin – www.elinkelseyandcompany.com , Watching Giants – online
Kyi, Tanya – www.tanyalloydkyi.com, 50 Burning Questions – GN416 .K94 2010
Lawlor, Laurie – http://www.laurielawlor.com/ – Rachel Carson and Her Book that Changed the World – QH31.C33 L39 2012
Lee, Cora – www.cwill.bc.ca, link to author, The Great Motion Mission: a surprising story of physics in everyday life — QC25 .L44 2009
Lee, Dora – http://www.kidscanpress.com/US/CreatorDetails.aspx?CID=707 – Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature – T173.8 .L44 2011
Levine, Shar and Leslie Johnstone – www.sciencelady.com Scary Science Q164 .L448 2010
Levine, Shar and Leslie Johnstone – www.sciencelady.com Dirty Science S591.3 .L49 2013
Macleod, Elizabeth, Why Do Horses Have Manes? — SF302 .M33 2009
Mason, Adrienne – www.adriennemason.com, Robots: From Everyday to Out of This World — TJ211.2 .R59 2008
McDougall, Carol, www.salmonskyview.com, A Salmon’s Sky View – in process 9/21/2010
McMahon, Peter, Future Machines: Ultimate Trains – TF148 .M34 2010
McMahon, Peter – Space Tourism – TL793 .M35 2011
Melady, John – http://www.dundurn.com/authors/john_melady – Maple Leaf in Space: Canada’s Astronauts – TL789.8.C3 M455 2011
Miles, Victoria – www.magnifico-victoria-miles.blogspot.com, Sea Otter Pup — QL737.C25 M54 1993
Mortillaro, Nicole, Saturn: Exploring the Mystery of the Ringed Planet – don’t have
*Nicholson, Cynthia Pratt – Totally Human, why we talk look and act the way we do – QH367.1 .N53 2011
Orenstein, Ronald, New Animal Discoveries — QL49 .O73 2000
O’Reilly, Gillian and Cora Lee, The Great Number Rumble: A Story of Math in Surprising Places — QA40.5 .L47 2007
Pasternak, Carol – How to Raise Monarch Butterflies: A Step-by-Step Guide for Kids – QL561.D3 P37 2012
Pearce, Jacquie – www.jacquelinepearce.ca, The Truth about Rats (and Dogs) — PZ7.P314 Tr 2006
Pratt Nicolson, Cynthia – www.kidscanpress.com/Canada, The Jumbo Book of Space — QB500.22 .N518 2007
Read, Nicholas – City Critters: Wildlife in the Urban Jungle – QH541.5.C6 R43 2012
Richardson, Gillian – www.bookcentre.ca/directory/gillian_richardson, Kaboom! Explosions of All Kinds — QD516 .R53 2009
Romanek, Trudee – www.canscaip.org/bios/romanekt, Squirt! The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Blood — WG103 .R64 2006
Rondina, Catherine – www.canscaip.org/bios/rondinacThe 10 Worst Things About the Internet
Rooney, Frances – Exceptional Women Environmentalists – GE55 .R66 2007
Ruurs, Margriet – www.margrietruurs.com Amazing Animals: The Remarkable Things That Creatures Do – QL751.5 .R89 2011
Sasaki. Chris – www.chrissasaki.com Constellations: A Glow-in-the-Dark Guide to the Night Sky
Shell, Barry – www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile, Great Canadian Scientists — Q141 .S53 1997
Slavin, Bill and Slavin, Jim, Transformed: How Everyday Things are Made — TS146 .S56 2005
Spencer, Bev, Made in Canada : 101 Amazing Achievements — FC58 .S69 2003
Strauss, Rochell – www.rochellestrauss.com, One Well — QH90.16 .S87 2007
Swanson, Diane – www.canscaip.org/bios/swansond, Animals Aha!: Thrilling Discoveries in Wildlife Science — QL49 .S899 2009
Tanaka, Shelley – www.writersunion.ca, Climate Change — QC981.8.C5 T36 2006
Thomas, Keltie – www.keltiethomas.com – Animals that Changed the World – QL49 .T35 2010
Thomas, Keltie – www.keltiethomas.com, How Figure Skating Works — GV850.4 .T465 2009
Thornhill, Jan – www.janthornhill.com, I Found a Dead Bird — HQ1073.3 .T48 2006
Ting-Xing Ye, The Chinese Thought of It: Amazing Inventions and Innovations — T27.C5 Y42 2009
Wiese, Jim, Head to Toe Science — QP37 .W48 2000
Vernon, Caitlyn – Nowhere else on Earth: standing tall for the great bear rainforest – QH106.2.B7 V47 2011
Verstraete, Larry – http://www.larryverstraete.com/index.html – Extreme Science – Q180.55.D57 V47 2000
Wearing, Judy – http://www.judywearing.com/ – Roberta Bondar: Canada’s First Woman in Space – TL789.85.B66 W418 2011
Webb, Jonathon – Journey to Mars: Quest for the Red Planet – QB642. W43 2009
Willet, Edward, www.edwardwillett.com, Understanding the Elements of the Periodic Table – don’t have
*Wilson,Janetwww.janetwilson.ca/ – Our Earth: How Kids are Saving the Environment – GE55 .W55 2010
Wilson, John, www.johnwilson-author.blogspot.com Dancing Elephants and Floating Continents — QE501.25 .W54 2003
Wyatt, Valerie – www.kidscanpress.com , The Math Book for Girls — QA99 .W92 2000BEST CANADIAN CHILDREN’S SCIENCE BOOKS AND SCIENCE WRITERS
AS CHOSEN BY CANADIAN CHILDREN’S SCIENCE WRITERS
SEPTEMBER 2010
INTRODUCTION: Who better to recommend science books for children than authors who specialize in writing science books for children? Authors from across Canada were asked to name their favorite science book or science writer, and while most were probably tempted to add their own names to the list, they put aside any attempt to stack the deck with their own works, and came up with this list. It should be noted that some titles may be out of print but many authors will be moving to ebooks or print on demand. If you cannot find a book but you would like a copy of it, please write to the author and check the status of the book in question. Also – the list only represents one book from each author. Please go to the author’s web site for a more up to date or complete list. If you would like to recommend a Canadian author or illustrator, please email sharlevine@shaw.ca.
Marilyn Baillie – www.mapletreepress.com, Amazing Things Animals Do
Bayrock, Fiona – www.fionabayrock.com – Bubble Homes and Fish Farts
Bartholomew, Alan- Electric Gadgets And Gizmos: Battery-Powered Buildable Gadgets That Go!
Bateman, Robert – www.robertbateman.ca – Birds of Prey
Becker, Helanie – www.helainebecker.com – The Insecto-Files
Berkowitz, Jacob – www.jacobberkowitz.com – Jurassic Poop
Bogart, Jo Ellen – www.canscaip.org/bios/bogart. Big and Small, Room for All
Bondar, Barbara – www.barbarabondar.com – On the Shuttle:Eight Days in Space
Bortolotti, Dan – www.danbortolotti.com – Wild Blue
Bosak, Susan – www.legacyproject.org – Science Is
Bourgeois, Paulette – www.paulettebourgeoiswriter.com – The Dirt on Dirt
Bowers, Vivien – www.vivienbowers.com – Crime Scene
Brewster, Hugh – www.hughbrewster.com – Dinosaurs in Your Backyard
Conlan, Kathy- Under the Ice
Christie, Peter,- Animal Snoops
Cumbaa, Stephen – www.kidscanpress.com, Sea Monsters
De Vries, Maggie – www.maggiedevries.com, Tale of a Great White Fish: a Sturgeon Story
Drake, Jane and Ann Love – www.janedrake.ca, Alien Invaders: Species That Threaten Our World
Eamer, Claire – www.claireeamer.com, Spiked Scorpions & Walking Whales: Modern Animals, Ancient Animals, and Water
Forsyth, Adrian. How Monkeys Make Chocolate
Flatt, Lizann – www.lizannflatt.com The Nature Treasurey
Helm, Charles.- Daniel’s Dinosaurs: A True Story of Discovery
Hickman, Pamela. Turtle Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife
Hodge, Deborah – www.deborahhodge.com ,Up We Grow! A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm
Galat, Joan Marie – www.joangalat.com ,Dot to Dot in the Sky, Stories of the
Moon
Ingram, Jay – www.jayingram.ca , The Science of Everyday Life
Isabella, Jude – www.judeisabella.com, Hoaxed! Fakes and Mistakes in the World of Science
Johanson, Paula. HIV and AIDS (Coping in a Changing World)
Jones, David. Mighty Robots: Mechanical Marvels that Fascinate and Frighten
Kaner, Etta – www.bookcentre.ca/directory/etta_kaner, Who Likes the Sun?
Kelsey, Elin – www.elinkelseyandcompany.com , Watching Giants
Kyi, Tanya – www.tanyalloydkyi.com, 50 Burning Questions
Lee, Cora – www.cwill.bc.ca, link to author, The Great Motion Mission: a surprising story of physics in everyday life
Levine, Shar and Leslie Johnstone – www.sciencelady.com The Ultimate Guide to Your Microscope
Macleod, Elizabeth. – Why Do Horses Have Manes?
MacDonald, Bob – www.cbc.ca/quirks, Measuring the Earth With a Stick
Mason, Adrienne – www.adriennemason.com, Robots: From Everyday to Out of This World
McMahon, Peter. Future Machines: Ultimate Trains
Miles, Victoria – www.magnifico-victoria-miles.blogspot.com, Sea Otter Pup
Nicolson, Cynthia Pratt – Baa! The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Genes and Cloning
Orenstein, Ronald. – New Animal Discoveries
O’Reilly, Gillian and Cora Lee, The Great Number Rumble: A Story of Math in Surprising Places
Pearce, Jacquie – www.jacquelinepearce.ca, The Truth about Rats ( and Dogs)
Pratt Nicolson, Cynthia – www.kidscanpress.com/Canada, The Jumbo Book of Space
Richardson, Gillian – www.bookcentre.ca/directory/gillian_richardson, Kaboom! Explosions of All Kinds
Ritchie, Scot – www.scotritchie.com, Why?the Best Ever Question and Book About Nature, Science and the World Around You.
Romanek, Trudee – www.canscaip.org/bios/romanekt, Squirt! The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Blood
Rondina, Catherine – www.canscaip.org/bios/rondinac The 10 Worst Things About the Internet
Ruurs, Margriet – www.margrietruurs.com Amazing Animals: The Remarkable Things That Creatures Do
Sasaki. Chris – www.chrissasaki.com Constellations: A Glow-in-the-Dark Guide to the Night Sky
Shell, Barry – www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile, Great Canadian Scientists
Slavin, Bill and Slavin, Jim. Transformed: How Everyday Things are Made
Spencer, Bev. Made in Canada-101 Amazing Achievements
Strauss, Rochell – www.rochellestrauss.com- One Well
Suzuki, David. www.davidsuzuki.org/ – There’s a Barnyard in My Bedroom
Swanson, Diane – www.canscaip.org/bios/swansond, Animals Aha!: Thrilling Discoveries in Wildlife Science
Tanaka, Shelley – www.writersunion.ca, Climate Change
Thomas, Keltie – www.keltiethomas.com, How Figure Skating Works
Thornhill, Jan – www.janthornhill.com, I Found a Dead Bird
Ting-Xing Ye, The Chinese Thought of It: Amazing Inventions and Innovations
Wiese, Jim. Head to Toe Science
Willet, Edward, www.edwardwillett.com, Understanding the Elements of the Periodic Table
Wilson, John, www.johnwilson-author.blogspot.com Dancing Elephants and Floating Continents
Wyatt, Valerie –www.kidscanpress.com , The Math Book for Girls