Animal Behavior Society's Outstanding Children's Book Award

Children's lives are enriched immeasurably by an appreciation of nature and science. In 2001, the Animal Behavior Society established the Outstanding Children's Book Award in order to encourage and reward accurate and compelling authorship of children's books about animal behavior. Each year, ABS solicits publishers for outstanding children's books published that year. From the contributed books, ABS members select up to five finalists; children then read the finalist books and their rankings are used to determine the recipient of the year's award.