STEMAZing Picture Books
Don’t Let Them Dissapear : 12 Endangered Species Across the Globe by Chelsea Clinton (author) and Gianna Mario (illustrator)
Did you know that blue whales are the largest animals in the world? Or that sea otters wash their paws after every meal? The world is filled with millions of animal species, and all of them are unique and special. Many are on the path to extinction. In this book, Chelsea Clinton introduces young readers…
Read MoreThe Reason for a Flower : A Book About Flowers, Pollen and Seeds by Ruth Heller
The reason for a flower is to manufacture seeds, but Ruth Heller shares a lot more about parts of plants and their functions in her trademark rhythmic style. “[An] extravagantly beautiful creation. It is unusual in its ingenious way of teaching botany and interesting words to the littlest of readers”.”Publishers Weekly” “Ms. Heller’s colors and…
Read MoreChickens Aren’t the Only Ones : A Book About Animals that Lay Eggs by Ruth Heller
Ruth Heller’s prose and pictures are the perfect means for discovering the variety of oviparous animals and their unique ways of laying eggs.
Read MoreCapturing Cow Farts and Burps by Erin Twamley
How many cows live on Earth? There are nearly one and a half BILLION cows on our planet. And those cows have gas! A few gassy cows would not be a problem, but their burps and farts release methane. Too much of this gas causes problems for our planet. So, scientists, engineers, and farmers are…
Read MoreMars! : Earthlings Welcome by stacy McAnulty (author) and Stevie Lewis (illustrator)
Meet Mars! The red planet. Planet Marvelous. Favorite sibling of Earth (or so he claims). Sometimes they’re close (just 34.5 million miles apart). Sometimes they need space (250 million miles apart)! Earth and Mars have a lot in common–clouds, mountains, polar icecaps. And while Earth has Earthlings, Mars makes a persuasive case for why people…
Read MoreThe Worm Family Has its Picture Taken by Jennifer Frank & David Ezra Stein
Emma is excited for her worm family to have their portrait taken. But when she sees her other friends’ portraits, she gets discouraged. We had the most beautiful smiles, Ellie the Chipmunk squeals. Abigail the Cat meows, I looked gorgeous with my big poufy hair. The worm family doesn’t have teeth…how will they show their…
Read MoreTogether is Better : A Little Book of Insperation by Simon Sinek (author) and Ethan M. Aldridge (illustrator)
Life is a series of choices. Do we go left or right? Jump forward or hold back? Sometimes our choices work out for the better…and sometimes they don’t. But there is one choice, regardless of every other decision, that profoundly affects how we feel about our journey: Do we go alone or do we go…
Read MoreSomething Good by Marcy Campbell (author) and Corinna Luyken (illustrator)
This kind of thing won’t be tolerated at our school, the principal declares the day the “bad-something” is discovered written on a wall. The incident makes the kids nervous, giggly, and curious at first, but then they’re worried, confused, sad and angry. Everyone is suspicious. Who did it, and why? They miss the days before…
Read MoreMartina and the Beautiful Cockroach : A Cuban Folktale retold by Carmen Agra Deedy ( author) and Michael Austin (illustrator)
The beautiful Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha doesn’t know coffee beans about love and marriage, so when suitors come calling, what is she to do? Luckily, she has her Cuban family to help! While some of the Cucarachas offer Martina gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her some useful advice: spill…
Read MoreRosa y el Experimento del Gran Girasol / Rosa’s Big Sunflower Experiment by Jessica Spanyol
Rosa’s group of friends want to learn all about growing their own sunflowers! The book covers each step, from planting the seed to examining the mini beasts the fully-grown flowers attract. It provides plenty of examples for ways children can practice purposeful writing, as well as inspiring a lifelong interest in STEM subjects.
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