Best STEM Books, 2017-2023
Resources for the titles recognized by this list since its inception in 2017 -- honoring the best children’s books with STEM content
Sponsored by Children’s Book Council (CBC)
- 2,216 Resources including
- 186 Videos
- 77 Book Readings
- 199 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 174 book results
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Selection, 2021)
51 Resources19 Awards
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan
(Selection, 2022)
42 Resources9 Awards
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
(Selection, 2017)
38 Resources11 Awards
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
by Colleen Paeff and Nancy Carpenter
(Selection, 2022)
33 Resources8 Awards
Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane
by Kirsten W. Larson and Tracy Subisak
(Selection, 2021)
32 Resources2 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)
29 Resources6 Awards
Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere
by Barb Rosenstock and Katherine Roy
(Selection, 2019)
29 Resources10 Awards
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
by Cheryl Bardoe and Barbara McClintock
(Selection, 2019)
26 Resources11 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)
24 Resources7 Awards
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs
by Kate Messner and Matthew Forsythe
(Selection, 2019)
23 Resources8 Awards
The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons
by Natascha Biebow and Steven Salerno
(Selection, 2020)
23 Resources5 Awards
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines
by Jeanne Walker Harvey and Dow Phumiruk
(Selection, 2018)
21 Resources4 Awards
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille
by Jen Bryant and Boris Kulikov
(Selection, 2017)
20 Resources4 Awards
Astronaut-Aquanaut: How Space Science and Sea Science Interact
(Selection, 2019)
20 Resources2 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
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars
by Laurie Wallmark and Brooke Smart
(Selection, 2022)
20 Resources4 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 Resources2 Awards
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer
by Diane Stanley and Jessie Hartland
(Selection, 2017)
19 Resources9 Awards
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
by Patricia Valdez and Felicita Sala
(Selection, 2019)
19 Resources4 Awards
Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America Into Space
by Suzanne Slade and Sally Wern Comport
(Selection, 2023)
19 Resources6 Awards
The Mystery of the Monarchs: How Kids, Teachers, and Butterfly Fans Helped Fred and Norah Urquhart Track the Great Monarch Migration
by Barb Rosenstock and Erika Meza
(Selection, 2023)
19 Resources6 Awards
The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford
by Suzanne Slade and Jennifer Black Reinhardt
(Selection, 2017)
18 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)
18 Resources6 Awards
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon
by Suzanne Slade and Veronica Miller Jamison
(Selection, 2020)
18 Resources3 Awards
Save the Crash-Test Dummies
by Jennifer Swanson and Temika Grooms
(Selection, 2020)
18 Resources2 Awards
American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the South
by Gail Jarrow
(Selection, 2023)
18 Resources8 Awards
Concrete: From the Ground Up
by Larissa Theule and Steve Light
(Selection, 2023)
18 Resources5 Awards
Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention
by Barb Rosenstock and S.D. Schindler
(Selection, 2017)
17 Resources2 Awards
Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor
by Robert Burleigh and Raúl Colón
(Selection, 2017)
17 Resources7 Awards
Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine
by Heather Lang and Raúl Colón
(Selection, 2017)
17 Resources4 Awards
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM
by Tonya Bolden
(Selection, 2021)
17 Resources3 Awards
Prairie Boy: Frank Lloyd Wright Turns the Heartland Into a Home
by Barb Rosenstock and Christopher Silas Neal
(Selection, 2020)
17 Resources2 Awards
Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics
by Laurie Wallmark and Yevgenia Nayberg
(Selection, 2021)
17 Resources2 Awards
The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest
by Heather Lang and Jana Christy
(Selection, 2022)
17 Resources4 Awards
John Deere, That's Who!
by Tracy Nelson Maurer and Tim Zeltner
(Selection, 2018)
16 Resources3 Awards
Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant
by Songju Ma Daemicke and Christina Wald
(Selection, 2018)
16 Resources5 Awards
