2020 Cook Prize for STEM Literature Nominees

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All Four Nominated Books Below

Which One is Your Favorite? 

Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet by Elizabeth Rusch; illustrated by Teresa Martínez (Charlesbridge)

Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge, by Rachel Dougherty (Roaring Brook Press)

Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor by Laurie Wallmark; illustrated by Katy Wu (Sterling Children’s Books)

Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate  by Sara Levine; illustrated by Masha D’Yans  (Millbrook Press: A Division of Lerner Publishing Group)

Irma Black Children's Book Award Nominees 2020

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All Four Nominated Books Read Aloud Below

Which One is Your Favorite? 

Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry; illustrated by Vashti Harrison (Kokila Press)

Rocket Says Look Up by Nathan Bryon; illustrated by Dapo Adeola (Random House Publishers)

The Crayon Man: The Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow; illustrated by Steven Salerno (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

The Most Terrible of All by Muon Thi Van and Matt Myers 

(Margaret K. McElderry Books, Simon & Schuster)

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Irma Black 2020 Children's Book Award Nominees

Cook Prize for Children's STEM Literature 2020 Nominees

Jefferson Students VOTE!

Jefferson students may be too young to vote this November, but they are definitely able to cast their votes to select this year's winners of the Cook Prize for STEM literature and the Irma Black Award for best Picture Book. Kindergarten through 2nd grade classes will read, discuss, and vote for their favorite picture book and 3rd - 5th graders will participate in the Cook Prize for STEM literature. Thank you to the Rhau, Stark, Corvi, and Taraborelli families for donating the 2020 Cook Prize nominated books to our library! Stay tuned for the results!