2026 DCL Kids Reading Challenge: Book About a DiscoveryLike this list

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• 2026 DCL Kids Reading Challenge

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  Win a Denver Zoo Annual Family Pass in this year's random prize drawing of the kids challenge finishers! Read any of the titles on this list, or choose your own, for your chance to win.

• What Do We Know About the Curse of King Tut's Tomb?

  Hubbard, Ben, 1973-

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  Dig deeper into the history of King Tut and the discovery of his tomb by Howard Carter.

• Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb

  Singer, Eric, 1968-

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  In this adaptation of "American Prometheus," older elementary kids can read about J. Robert Oppenheimer's childhood, education, and scientific expertise.

• I Know Dino!

  Amazing Breakthroughs, Mega Mistakes, and Unsolved Mysteries in Dinosaur Science

  Ricci, Sabrina

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  Learn all about the latest dino discoveries in this fabulous exploration of dinosaurs.

• Seeds of Discovery

  How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize

  Alexander, Lori

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  A beautiful tribute to a Nobel Prize winner for her work in genetics.

• Call the Bee Doctor!

  How Science Is Saving Honey Bees

  Markle, Sandra

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  When honey bees started disappearing from their hives due to Colony Collapse Disorder, scientists jumped into action to figure out the causes and mitigate them to save the bees.

• The Eclipse of 1919

  How Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Changed Our World

  McCully, Emily Arnold

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  Learn all about Einstein, including his failures and significant discoveries, in this excellent biography.

• Mysterious Glowing Mammals

  An Unexpected Discovery Sparks a Scientific Investigation

  Parrott-Ryan, Maria

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  After accidentally finding a glowing flying squirrel in his backyard, a scientist sets off a chain of events to discover how different mammals glow under UV light due to biofluorescence.

• The True Story of Vanilla

  How Edmond Albius Made History

  Richards, Ann (Ann M.)

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  Edmond Albius, an enslaved Black boy, revolutionized the vanilla industry with his botanical discovery on a plantation.

• Mission

  Arctic : Scientific Adventure to a Changing North Pole

  Weiss-Tuider, Katharina

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  Join the MOSAiC expedition team as they spend a year exploring the ice floes in the Arctic to study climate change and the North Pole in this action-packed nonfiction.

• Marie Curie

  Walker, Nell

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  An excellent biography examining how Marie Curie discovered radiation.