STEMAZing Picture Books – Page 41 – STEMAZing Systems Thinking

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain, Stretch It, Shape It by Joann Deak

This innovative and timely picture book teaches children that they have the ability to stretch and grow their own brains.

Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons by Sara C. Levine

This entertaining picture book will keep readers guessing as they learn about how our skeletons are like–and unlike–those of other animals.

What If You Had Animal Eyes? (What If You Had) by Sandra Markle

What if you woke up one morning and your eyes weren’t yours? What If You Had Animal Eyes? — the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series.

If You Were the Moon by Laura Purdie Salas

If you were the moon, what would you do? You’d spin like a twilight ballerina and play dodgeball with space rocks! And more.

Mae Jemison by Laurie Calkhoven

Blast off into space and get to know Mae Jemison—the first African-American woman to ever go to space—with this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people “you should meet.”

Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker Harvey

As a child, Maya Lin loved to study the spaces around her. She explored the forest in her backyard, observing woodland creatures, and used her house as a model to build tiny towns out of paper and scraps.

Wendell the Narwhal by Emily Dove

Everyone in the ocean can make music, except for Wendell the narwhal. His big, pointy horn can’t go “pop pop pop” or “clappy clap clap” or even “whoosh”.

From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons

Gail Gibbons reveals to young readers how a seed begins, what pollination is, and how flowers, trees, fruits, and vegetables get to be the way they are.

The Carrot Seed

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss, Crockett Johnson (Illustrator). When a little boy plants a carrot seed, everyone tells him it won’t grow.

How To Catch A Leprechaun: How to Trick A Wee Person! by Crystal Chandler

Have you ever wanted to catch a Leprechaun as a kid? We all have! This instructional book teaches kids science while also taking them on an imaginary journey to the edge of rainbow.