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2024 Best STEM Books

Book recommendations for educators, librarians, parents, and guardians of the best children’s books with STEM content in 2023.

 
Before Colors: Where Pigments and Dyes Come From

Before Colors

By: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated by:
 Madison Safer
ISBN: 9781419757068
Nonfiction, 7-12, Music / Art
 
The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America

The Brilliant Calculator

By: Jan Lower
Illustrated by:
 Susan Reagan
ISBN: 9781662680069
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions

Building a Dream

By: Darshana Khiani
Illustrated by:
 Dow Phumiruk
ISBN: 9780802855473
Nonfiction, 7-12, Sports / Games / Recreation
 
Ellen Takes Flight: The Life of Astronaut Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Takes Flight

By: Doreen Rappaport
Illustrated by:
 Oliver Dominguez
ISBN: 9780759554948
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Extra Life (Young Readers Adaptation)

Extra Life (Young Readers Adaptation)

By: Steven Johnson
ISBN: 9780593351499
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
 
Friend of Numbers: The Life of Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan

Friend of Numbers

By: Priya Narayanan
Illustrated by:
 Satwik Gade
ISBN: 9780802856081
Nonfiction, 7-12, Math
 
George Washington’s Engineer: How Rufus Putnam Won the Siege of Boston without Firing a Shot

George Washington’s Engineer

By: Darcy Pattison
Illustrated by:
 Terry Kole
ISBN: 9781629442204
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Giraffe Math

Giraffe Math

By: Stephen Swinburne
Illustrated by:
 Geraldo Valério
ISBN: 9780316346771
Nonfiction, 4-6, Math
 
A Girl Can Build Anything

A Girl Can Build Anything

By: E.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Pat Zietlow Miller
Illustrated by:
 Keisha Morris
ISBN: 9780593463741
Fiction, 4-6, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
 
Hidden Systems (Graphic Novel)

Hidden Systems (Graphic Novel)

By: Dan Nott
ISBN: 9780593125366
Nonfiction, Teen, History
 
How to Spacewalk : Step-by-Step with Shuttle Astronauts

How to Spacewalk

By: Michael J. Rosen, Kathryn D. Sullivan
Illustrated by:
 Michael J. Rosen
ISBN: 9781536226218
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever

Jerry Changed the Game!

By: Don Tate
Illustrated by:
 Cherise Harris
ISBN: 9781665919081
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine: Josephine Cochrane’s Bright Invention Makes a Splash

Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine

By: Kate Hannigan
Illustrated by:
 Sarah Green
ISBN: 9781635926217
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Masked Hero

Masked Hero

By: Shan Woo Liu
Illustrated by:
 Lisa Wee
ISBN: 9781536228984
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion: A True Story

Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion

By: Dave Eggers
Illustrated by:
 Júlia Sardà
ISBN: 9781536215885
Nonfiction, 4-6, STEM / STEAM
 
Never Give Up: Dr. Kati Karikó and the Race for the Future of Vaccines

Never Give Up

By: Debbie Dadey
Illustrated by:
 Juliana Oakley
ISBN: 9781728456331
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Plague-Busters!

Plague-Busters!

By: Lindsey Fitzharris, Adrian Teal
Illustrated by:
 Adrian Teal
ISBN: 9781547606030
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
 
Rooting for Plants: the Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector

Rooting for Plants

By: Janice N. Harrington
Illustrated by:
 Theadore Taylor III
ISBN: 9781662680199
Nonfiction, 7-12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
 
Santiago Saw Things Differently : Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience

Santiago Saw Things Differently

By: Christine Iverson
Illustrated by:
 Luciano Lozano
ISBN: 9781536224535
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Sew Sister: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA’s Seamstresses

Sew Sister

By: Elise Matich
Illustrated by:
 Elise Matich
ISBN: 9780884489825
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Transported: 50 Vehicles That Changed the World

Transported

By: Matt Ralphs
Illustrated by:
 Rui Ricardo
ISBN: 9798887770208
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
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