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CAMDEN, N. J. and WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Subaru of America, Inc. and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general clinical society and publisher of the Scientific Journal Circle, today announced the 2024 winners of the AAAS/Subaru Award for Excellence in Science Books. The awards, which for nearly 20 years have identified remarkable clinical books that interest readers of all ages, this year recognize books on topics ranging from the sounds of nature to the scale of the solar system.
The prize-winning books for 2024 are:
Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean Floor Ecosystem through Melissa Stewart and illustrated by Rob Dunlavey.
The Planets Are Very, Very, Very Far Away: A Journey Through the Amazing Scale of the Solar System by Mike Vago.
Human Body Learning Lab: Take an Inside Tour of How Your Anatomy Works by Dr. Betty Choi.
The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants by Karen Bakker.
Since 2005, Subaru of America and AAAS have partnered to encourage the writing and publishing of high-quality science books for young audiences – and to boost their interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and inspire the next generation of scientists.
“AAAS believes that, through smart science books, this generation and the next will have a greater appreciation of science,” said Sarah Ingraffea, AAAS/Subaru Book Prize Manager at AAAS.
Prizes are awarded in 4 categories: Children’s Science Picture Book, Intermediate Science Book, Practical Science Book, and Young Adult Science Book. Juries comprised of librarians, educators, scientists, and literacy experts compare submissions according to detailed criteria tailored to the category that come with age-appropriateness, clinical accuracy, and examination of clinical concepts without perpetuating stereotypes or misconceptions.
This year, the judges received a record number of submissions. With today’s announcement, the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books has now honored 76 books and more than 100 authors and illustrators.
Each winning ebook and the illustrator of the children’s ebook will receive a prize of $1,500 as well as a commemorative plaque.
“Together with AAAS, we have the opportunity to awaken a child’s mind in science, technology, engineering and math,” said Jeff Walters, president and chief operating officer of Subaru of America, Inc. “This year’s award-winning books can motivate an enduring love of curiosity, learning and innovation.
Learn more about the 2024 award-winning books, writers and illustrator:
Children’s Science Picture Book Whale Fall: Exploring an Ecosystem at the Bottom of the Ocean, by Melissa Stewart. Illustrated through Rob Dunlavey. Maison Aléatoire Studio, 2023.
Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-floor Ecosystem captures the end of a whale’s life, which silently sinks to the ocean floor and becomes a food source for deep-sea dwellers, from sharks to microbes, for many decades to come.
Melissa Stewart has written more than two hundred science books for children, including the Sibert Medal-winning Summertime Sleepers: Animals that Summer, illustrated by Sarah S. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Union College in Schenectady, New York, and a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. While researching for his books, he explored the rainforests of Costa Rica, participated in safaris in East Africa, and swam with sea lions in the Galapagos Islands.
Rob Dunlavey is a fine artist and children’s book illustrator. His recent titles include Whale Fall by Melissa Stewart, In the Woods by David Elliott, and Owl Sees Owl by Laura Godwin. A native of the tall-grass prairie and oak savannas of suburban Chicago, Dunlavey studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Southern Illinois University, and Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. Rob is married and has two daughters and two cats—but no whales.
Science Book for Intermediate Levels The Planets Are Far, Very, Far Away: A Journey Through the Astonishing Scale of the Solar System, via Mike Vago. The Experience, 2022.
In its once- and twice-opened pages, The Planets Are Far, Very, Far Away dismantles the myth of nine planets orbiting the sun in an orderly concentric circle and shows the true scale and vastness of our solar system.
Mike Vago is the author of the best-selling eBook The Miniature Book of Miniature Golf, The Pocket Book of Pocket Billiards, and the interactive eBooks Train and Rocket. He is a graphic designer and a regular contributor to The A. V. Club. He tells other people that he lives in New York, but he lives in New Jersey.
Hands-On Science BookHuman Body Learning Lab: Learn how your anatomy works, through Dr. Betty Choi. Floor Editions, 2022.
Aimed at children ages 8 and up, the Human Body Learning Lab highlights the basic body formula and guides readers through hands-on activities ranging from creating a cellular layout of the eyes to creating a functional layout of the eyes. urinary formula.
Dr. Betty Choi is a pediatrician, medical writer, and former homeschooled mother. From her roots at Boston Children’s Hospital to more than a decade of work in education, she is passionate about making learning memorable and meaningful. Her first book, Human Body Learning Lab. , teaches young people about their amazing bodies through laughter and hands-on activities. The accompanying website, HumanBodyLearning. com, has more resources for curious youth, parents, and teachers.
Young Adult Science BookThe Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants, by Karen Bakker. Princeton University Press, 2022.
The Sounds of Life explores not only the many sounds created through plants and animals, but also how innovative generation and classical wisdom have deepened humanity’s understanding of those sounds and affirmed our connection to nature.
Karen Bakker was a researcher at the University of British Columbia and an entrepreneur who worked at the intersection of generation and ecology. With seven books and more than one hundred clinical articles, Bakker also led the Smart Earth project, which explores the effects of the virtual. technologies on environmental sustainability. An immense loss to the many learning communities she inhabited and influenced, Bakker passed away in August 2023, prior to this peak popularity for The Sounds of Life.
About Subaru of America, Inc. Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Subaru Corporation of Japan. Headquartered in a landfill-free workplace in Camden, New Jersey, the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 630 stores throughout the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in landfill-free facilities and Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is the only automobile manufacturing facility in the United States designated as wildlife habitat through the National Wildlife Federation. SOA is guided through the Subaru Love Promise, which is the company’s vision to show love and respect to everyone and help its communities and consumers nationwide. Over the past 20 years, SOA and the SOA Foundation have donated more than $300 million to causes the Subaru family cares about, and its employees have volunteered approximately 88,000 hours. As a company, Subaru believes it is vital to help make a positive impact on the world because it is the right thing to do. For more information, stop at media. subaru. com. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
About the American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general clinical society and publishes the journal Science as well as Science Translational Medicine; Scientific signaling; an open-access online journal, Science Advances; Scientific Immunology; and clinical robotics. AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes more than 250 affiliated societies and academies of science and serves 10 million people. AAAS, a non-profit organization, is open to all and fulfills its project of “promoting science and serving society” through projects in science policy, foreign programs, science education, public participation, etc. For more information on AAAS, stop at www. aaas. org.
Diane AntonCorporate Communications ManagerSubaru of America, Inc. danton@subaru. com (856) 488-5093
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