2026 Winners Best STEM Book Awards
This list aims to provide recommendations to educators, librarians, parents, and guardians for the best children’s and young adult books with STEM content.
Best STEM Book Award aims to provide recommendations to educators, librarians, parents, and guardians for the best children’s and young adult books with STEM content.
WHAT IS STEM? STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) is an integrated and creative approach to discovering and applying knowledge about our world to solve problems that utilize one or more of the content areas. Trade books that deliver background and model the practices of STEM provide context and inspiration to readers.
BROWSE THE BEST STEM LISTS
- 2026 Best STEM Book Awards on Website — searchable titles on our site with links to their publishers
- 2026 Best STEM Book Awards Spreadsheet — a downloadable file that allows sorting or manipulating as needed
- 2026 Best STEM Book Awards PDF — an annotated bibliography of the selected titles from the committee
MORE AWARDS. Goddard Riverside / CBC Young People’s Book Prize for Social Justice, Building a Home Library, Outstanding Science Trade Books, Notable Social Studies Trade Books, and more collaborations.
