Congratulations to the authors and to the NSTA Press staff for their recently announced 2014 Gold EXCEL Award from Association Media and Publishing (AM&P). The following book won the Non-Technical Book Gold Award this year: Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K-5, by Emily Morgan and Karen Ansberry. This book is the third volume in the Picture-Perfect Science Series, which is designed to help elementary teachers combine the appeal of children’s picture books with key science concepts to capture the interest of young scientists and blend science with reading in a natural way. Science education leader Rodger Bybee has written of the series, “Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan present the science education community with a refreshing and positive remedy to the reduction of science teaching in elementary schools…. The authors have contributed to the goal of more and better science instruction in elementary schools in the United States.” This year’s awards competition received more than 900 entries across numerous publications categories. The awards event will be held in May at AM&P’s Annual Meeting—and we’ll bring you updates then! Learn more about this awards program at the AM&P website. Want a peek inside this award-winning book? Browse a free chapter (The Wind Blew).