STEMAZing Picture Books
Exploratorium – Tinkering Library
Combining tinkering activities with books invites playful engagement with STEAM concepts and processes while also reinforcing language development, collaboration, communication, and literacy skills.
Read MoreLove the Earth: Understanding climate change, speaking up for solutions, and living an earth-friendly life by Mel Hammond
This book is packed with ideas and information for girls who care about the earth to help them understand climate change, speak up for solutions, and live an earth-friendly life. It’s full of quizzes, crafts, party ideas, and a science experiment to help girls learn how they can use their unique passions and talents to…
Read MoreWhen Daddy Shows Me the Sky by Rebecca Wenrich Wheeler (author) and Katherine Jordan (illustrator)
In When Daddy Shows Me the Sky, a father and daughter spend their evenings practicing yoga together under the night sky. Through spring, summer, fall, and winter, they learn the names of the constellations and model their yoga poses after the stars’ unique shapes. Brought to life with bright and bold illustrations, this simple father-daughter…
Read MoreCommunication Long ago and Today by Lindsy O’Brien
What was communication like in the days of old? What were some of the biggest inventions that brought us to the digital age? Discover how communication has changed over hundreds of years, and where it might be headed in the future.
Read MoreNext Time You See a Pill Bug by Emily Morgan
Awaken a sense of wonder in a child with the Next Time You See series from NSTA Kids. The books will inspire elementary-age children to experience the enchantment of everyday phenomena, such as pill bugs, fireflies, seashells, and sunsets. Free supplementary activities are available on the NSTA website.
Read MoreWhats Inside a Flower? : And Other Questions About Science and Nature by Rachel Ignotofsky
Budding backyard scientists can start exploring their world with this stunning introduction to these flowery show-stoppers–from seeds to roots to blooms. Learning how flowers grow gives kids beautiful building blocks of science and inquiry.
Read MoreBalloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
Meet the master puppeteer who invented the first balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Melissa Sweet brings to life the inspirational story of the puppeteer who invented the giant balloons floating in the sky during the annual parade celebrating Thanksgiving. The Caldecott Honor artist brilliantly captures the essence of Tony Sarg, a self-taught immigrant…
Read MoreJackrabbit McCabe & The Electric Telegraph by Lucky Margaret Rozier and Leo Espinosa
The fastest man in the West meets his match in this deliciously clever original tall tale. With his extra-long legs, Jackrabbit McCabe can outrun anything on the American frontier: horses, trains, and even twisters. So of course, everyone in the town of Windy Flats always counts on his speed when a message has to get…
Read MoreLetters from Space by Clayton Anderson (author) and Susan Batori (illustrator)
Astronaut Clayton Anderson spent 152 days in space aboard the International Space Station–and while he didn’t mail dozens of letters back to Earth (they would have burned up on reentry!), imagine if he did! These letters from space are full of weird science, wild facts, and outrageous true stories from life in space, complete with…
Read MoreThe Girl Who Could Fix Anything : Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer by Mara Rockliff (author) and Daniel Duncan (illustrator)
Beatrice Shilling wasn’t quite like other children. She could make anything. She could fix anything. And when she took a thing apart, she put it back together better than before. When Beatrice left home to study engineering, she knew that as a girl she wouldn’t be quite like the other engineers–and she wasn’t. She was…
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