Best STEM Books, 2017-2026
Resources for the titles recognized by this list since its inception in 2017 -- honoring the best children’s books with STEM content
- 2,632 Resources including
- 223 Videos
- 102 Book Readings
- 276 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 244 book results
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Selection, 2021)
50+ Resources18 Awards
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan
(Selection, 2022)
40+ Resources8 Awards
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
(Selection, 2017)
35+ Resources11 Awards
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
by Colleen Paeff and Nancy Carpenter
(Selection, 2022)
35+ Resources8 Awards
Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane
by Kirsten W. Larson and Tracy Subisak
(Selection, 2021)
30+ Resources2 Awards
Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere
by Barb Rosenstock and Katherine Roy
(Selection, 2019)
30+ Resources10 Awards
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
by Jess Keating and Marta Álvarez Miguéns
(Selection, 2018)
25+ Resources6 Awards
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
by Cheryl Bardoe and Barbara McClintock
(Selection, 2019)
25+ Resources11 Awards
The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II
(Selection, 2025)
25+ Resources10 Awards
Smelly Kelly and His Super Senses: How James Kelly's Nose Saved the New York City Subway
by Beth Anderson and Jenn Harney
(Selection, 2021)
25+ Resources2 Awards
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
by Laurie Wallmark and April Chu
(Selection, 2017)
25+ Resources7 Awards
American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the South
by Gail Jarrow
(Selection, 2023)
25+ Resources7 Awards
Zero!: The Number That Almost Wasn't
by Sarah Albee and Chris Hsu
(Selection, 2026)
25+ Resources10 Awards
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille
by Jen Bryant and Boris Kulikov
(Selection, 2017)
25+ Resources5 Awards
Astronaut-Aquanaut: How Space Science and Sea Science Interact
(Selection, 2019)
20+ Resources2 Awards
Ernö Rubik and His Magic Cube
by Kerry Aradhya and Kara Kramer
(Selection, 2025)
20+ Resources6 Awards
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs
by Kate Messner and Matthew Forsythe
(Selection, 2019)
20+ Resources8 Awards
The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons
by Natascha Biebow and Steven Salerno
(Selection, 2020)
20+ Resources5 Awards
Save the Crash-Test Dummies
by Jennifer Swanson and TeMika Grooms
(Selection, 2020)
20+ Resources2 Awards
Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession
by Kate Hannigan and Zachariah O'Hora
(Selection, 2023)
20+ Resources1 Awards
Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe
by Amy S. Hansen, Wanda Díaz Merced, and Rocío Arreola Mendoza
(Selection, 2026)
20+ Resources10 Awards
Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team
by Susan Hood, Dow Phumiruk, and Pathana Sornhiran
(Selection, 2020)
20+ Resources3 Awards
Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded the Future
by Tami Lewis Brown, Debbie Loren Dunn, and Chelsea Beck
(Selection, 2020)
20+ Resources6 Awards
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM
by Tonya Bolden
(Selection, 2021)
20+ Resources3 Awards
The Shape of Things: How Mapmakers Picture Our World
by Dean Robbins and Matt Tavares
(Selection, 2025)
20+ Resources2 Awards
Just in Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
by Megan Clendenan and Brittany Cicchese
(Selection, 2026)
20+ Resources7 Awards
Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor
by Robert Burleigh and Raúl Colón
(Selection, 2017)
20+ Resources7 Awards
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer
by Diane Stanley and Jessie Hartland
(Selection, 2017)
20+ Resources9 Awards
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines
by Jeanne Walker Harvey and Dow Phumiruk
(Selection, 2018)
20+ Resources4 Awards
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
by Patricia Valdez and Felicita Sala
(Selection, 2019)
20+ Resources4 Awards
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon
by Suzanne Slade and Veronica Miller Jamison
(Selection, 2020)
20+ Resources3 Awards
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars
by Laurie Wallmark and Brooke Smart
(Selection, 2022)
20+ Resources3 Awards
Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America Into Space
by Suzanne Slade and Sally Wern Comport
(Selection, 2023)
20+ Resources5 Awards
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day
by Dan Nott
(Selection, 2024)
20+ Resources9 Awards
Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention
by Barb Rosenstock and S.D. Schindler
(Selection, 2017)
20+ Resources2 Awards
The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford
by Suzanne Slade and Jennifer Black Reinhardt
(Selection, 2017)
20+ Resources3 Awards
Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine
by Heather Lang and Raúl Colón
(Selection, 2017)
20+ Resources4 Awards
