NSTA - Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 The books that appear in these lists were selected as outstanding children's science trade books. They were selected by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). NSTA and CBC have cooperated on this bibliographic project since 1973 in Science and Math > SCIENCE ONLYwith bookssciencetrade