2018 Finalist: Children's Science Picture Book

Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist, by Jess Keating. Illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2017.

This picture book biography is a tribute to Eugenie Clark, whose early childhood fascination with sharks fueled by visits to an aquarium led to her study of zoology and then a lifetime career in the field of marine biology.