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2021 Best STEM Books

Book recommendations for educators, librarians, parents, and guardians of the best children’s books with STEM content in 2020

 
Ada Lovelace (The First Names Series)

Ada Lovelace (The First Names Series)

By: Ben Jeapes
Illustrated by:
 Nick Ward
ISBN: 9781419740756
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team

All Thirteen

By: Christina Soontornvat
ISBN: 9781536209457
Nonfiction, Teen, Action / Adventure
 
Beastly Bionics: Rad Robots, Brilliant Biomimicry, and Incredible Inventions Inspired by Nature

Beastly Bionics

By: Jennifer Swanson
ISBN: 9781426336737
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM

Changing the Equation

By: Tonya Bolden
ISBN: 9781419707346
Nonfiction, Teen, Diversity
 
Galileo! Galileo!

Galileo! Galileo!

By: Holly Trechter and Jane Donovan
Illustrated by:
 Holly Trechter and Jane Donovan
ISBN: 9781939360083
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Gnu and Shrew

Gnu and Shrew

By: Danny Schnitzlein
Illustrated by:
 Anca Sandu
ISBN: 9781682631461
Fiction, 4-6, Action / Adventure
 
Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747

Jumbo

By: Chris Gall
Illustrated by:
 Chris Gall
ISBN: 9781250155801
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
 
Machines in Motion: The Amazing History of Transportation

Machines in Motion

By: Tom Jackson
Illustrated by:
 Chris Mould
ISBN: 9781547603374
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Machines That Think!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #2

Machines That Think!

By: Don Brown
ISBN: 9781419740985
Nonfiction, Teen, Science
 
Marie’s Ocean: Marie Tharp Maps the Mountains Under the Sea

Marie’s Ocean

By: Josie James
Illustrated by:
 Josie James
ISBN: 9781250214737
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Mission to the Bottom of the Sea

Mission to the Bottom of the Sea

By: Jan Leyssens
Illustrated by:
 Joachim Sneyers
ISBN: 9781605375311
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Newton and Curie: The Science Squirrels

Newton and Curie

By: Daniel Kirk
ISBN: 9781419737480
Fiction, 4-6, Science
 
Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics

Numbers in Motion

By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
 Yevgenia Nayberg
ISBN: 9781939547637
Nonfiction, 7-12, Math
 
Smelly Kelly and His Super Senses: How James Kelly’s Nose Saved the New York City Subway

Smelly Kelly and His Super Senses

By: Beth Anderson
Illustrated by:
 Jenn Harney
ISBN: 9781684373994
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Spaceman (Adaptation for Young Readers): The True Story of a Young Boy’s Journey to Becoming an Astronaut

Spaceman (Adaptation for Young Readers)

By: Mike Massimino
ISBN: 9780593120866
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Who Gives a Poop?: Surprising Science from One End to the Other

Who Gives a Poop?

By: Heather L. Montgomery
Illustrated by:
 Iris Gottlieb
ISBN: 9781547603473
Nonfiction, 7-12, Health
 
Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

Wood, Wire, Wings

By: Kirsten Larson
Illustrated by:
 Tracy Subisak
ISBN: 9781629799384
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Work It, Girl: Blast Off Into Space Like Mae Jemison

Work It, Girl

By: Caroline Moss
Illustrated by:
 Sinem Erkas
ISBN: 9780711245150
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
The Polio Pioneer

The Polio Pioneer

By: Linda Elovitz Marshall
Illustrated by:
 Lisa Anchin
ISBN: 9780525646518
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
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