The finalists of the 2016 Lane Anderson Awards for Excellence in Canadian Science Writing were announced yesterday. The winners will be revealed in September. Visit laneandersonaward.ca for more information.

Young Readers

Monster Science: Could Monsters Survive (and Thrive) in the Real World?
Written by Helaine Becker and Phil McAndrew
Kids Can Press

5 Giraffes
Written by Anne Innis Dagg
Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Inside Your Insides: Guide to the Microbes That Call You Home
Written by Claire Eamer and illustrated by Marie-Eve Tremblay
Kids Can Press

Adult Readers

At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast
Written by Caroline Fox
Rocky Mountain Books

North America in the Anthropocene
Written by Robert William Sandford
Rocky Mountain Books

Bad Singer
Written by Tim Falconer
House of Anansi

100 Million Years of Food
Written by Stephen Le
Harper Collins