There are many excellent science books available for children. Here is a list of our favorites.

The Bone Detectives: How Forensic Anthropologists Solve Crimes and Uncover Mysteries of the Dead
Jackson, Donna M., and Fellenbaum, Charlie
Little, Brown, 1996; grades 5-8

Breakout at the Bug Lab
Horowitz, Ruth, and Holub, Joan
Dial Science, 2001; grades 3-4

Castles, Caves, and Honeycombs
Ashman, Linda, and Stringer, Lauren
Harcourt, 2001; pre-K

Company's Going
Yorinks, Arthur, and Small, David
Hyperion, 2001; grades K-2

Digging for Bird-Dinosaurs: An Expedition to Madagascar
Bishop, Nicholas
Houghton Mifflin, 2000; grades 5-8

The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
Farmer, Nancy
Orchard, 1994; grades 5-8

Einstein: Visionary Scientist
Severance, John B.
Clarion, 1999; grades 5-8

Enchantress from the Stars
Engdahl, Sylvia Louise, Dillon, Leo, and Dillon Walker, Diane
Walker & Co., 2001; grades 5-8

The Exchange Student
Gilmore, Kate
Houghton Mifflin, 1999; grades 5-8

Fannie in the Kitchen: The Whole Story from Soup to Nuts of How Fannie Farmer Invented Recipes with Precise Measurements
Hopkinson, Deborah, and Carpenter, Nancy
Atheneum/Schwartz, 2001; grades K-2

The Keeper of the Isis Light
Hughes, Monica
Simon & Schuster, 2000; grades 5-8

The Last Book in the Universe
Philbrick, Rodman
Scholastic/Blue Sky, 2000; grades 5-8

Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs
Florian, Douglas
Harcourt, 2001; grades 3-8

The Longitude Prize
Dash, Joan, and Petricic, Dusan
Foster/Farrar, 2000; grades 5-8

Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Cowley, Joy, and Bishop, Nicholas
Scholastic, 1999; grades 3-4

Trial by Ice: A Photobiography of Sir Ernest Shackleton
Kostyal, K. M.
National Geographic, 1999; grades 5-8

Twin Tales: The Magic and Mystery of Multiple Birth
Jackson, Donna M.
Little, Brown, 2001; grades 5-8

A Wrinkle in Time
L'Engle, Madeleine
Farrar, 1976 (and many other editions); grades 5-8

The War of the Worlds
Wells, H. G., and Kidd, Tom
HarperCollins, 2001; grades 5-8