The classification of science book awards in Britain and America is mainly based on the audience or the Subject Category. Awards such as the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize and the Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 of NAST, etc. are classified according to audience. Awards classified according to its subject category include: the American library association's STS Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural or Natural Sciences and Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, etc. This study aims at examining the shared factors that have been taken into consideration in the process of the prize arrangement of different classifications of popular science books in both Britain and the America. By focusing specifically on the prizes of different classifications in the two countries including science, education, library, etc., this paper attempts to provide a literature review in terms of the background of the prize, the judging panel, the prize-giving process and its standards, etc., and meanwhile to provide implications on the basis of the analysis, refinement and comparison of the review.

popular science book  /  award  /  Britain  /  America