AAAS and Subaru are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2021 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Hands-On Science Book category. The Prize celebrates outstanding science writing and illustration for children and young adults and is meant to encourage the writing and publishing of high-quality science books for all ages.

The longlist titles in the 2021 Hands-On Science Book category are:

• Adventures in Engineering for Kids: 35 Challenges to Design the Future - Journey to City X - Without Limits, What Can Kids Create?, by Brett Schilke. Rockport Publishers, 2020.

• Audubon Birding Adventures for Kids: Activities and Ideas for Watching, Feeding, and Housing Our Feathered Friends, by Elissa Wolfson and Margaret Barker. Cool Springs Press, 2020.

• A Beginner's Projects in Coding, by Marc Scott. Illustrated by Mick Marston. Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2020.

• Creek Critters, by Jennifer Keats Curtis with Stroud Water Research Center. Illustrated by Phyllis Saroff. Arbordale Publishing, 2020.

• The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Chemistry for Kids: Homemade Science Experiments and Activities Inspired by Awesome Chemists, Past and Present, by Liz Lee Heinecke. Quarry Books, 2020.

• This is a Book to Read with a Worm, by Jodi Wheeler-Toppen. Illustrated by Margaret McCartney. Charlesbridge, 2020.

• Wildlife Ranger Action Guide: Track, Spot & Provide Healthy Habitat for Creatures Close to Home, by Mary Kay Carson. Storey Publishing, 2020.

• You're Invited to a Moth Ball: A Nighttime Insect Celebration, by Loree Griffin Burns. Photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz. Charlesbridge, 2020.

Finalists for the 2021 Prize will be announced in November 2020. The Prize winners will be announced in January 2021.

The longlists for the Children’s Science Picture Book and Middle Grades Science Book categories were announced earlier in the week.