STEAM Books for Kids

Reading to my kids is my favorite part of the day. We love to read picture books together, and it is even better when the books have STEAM concepts or themes included. I search for the best STEAM themed books for kids and share our reviews of them here on the blog. Read along with us and foster a life-long love of reading and learning in your kids with these fun and educational STEAM books.

Latest STEAM Book Reviews

Top 9 Summer of STEAM Essentials

by Emily | May 29, 2026 | STEAM Activities, STEAM Books, STEAM Toys | 1 Comment

Today is my kids' first day of summer break! With summer already here (or just around the corner) for many families, I’ve made a list of all our summer STEAM favorites! This list has our tested and approved list of toys, games, activities, and books to keep kids busy, learning, exploring, and...

The Amazing Book of STEM | Kids Book Review

by Emily | March 2, 2026 | STEAM Activities, STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

STEM is everywhere! In this book you will learn how you are already using STEM in your everyday life, and how you can explore it in new places. You will find your next STEM joke to keep everyone around you laughing, find inspiration from STEM affirmations, read about interesting STEM careers and...

Holiday STEAM Gift Guide 2025

by Emily | November 23, 2025 | Blog, Motherhood, STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids, STEAM Toys | 0 Comments

It's Thanksgiving week and time for some of the biggest sales of the year! Black Friday is no longer just a day, but a week(s) long savings event before Christmas. I never know where to start with the Black Friday sales, so I often turn to gift guides for ideas. This 2025 STEAM Gift Guide is a...

STEAM Activity Journal – My New Guided Notebook is Available Now!

by Emily | October 20, 2025 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids, Work/Life Balance | 0 Comments

I FINALLY DID IT! I PUBLISHED MY FIRST BOOK!!! My book is called the STEAM Activity Journal: A guided notebook to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math, create experiments, notes, drawings, and designs. It's written, designed, edited, and published all by ME! I got to...

Bitmask and the Virus in the Vending Machine Book Review

by Emily | September 10, 2025 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

Bitmask and the Virus in the Vending Machine is a new book by Drew Knight. It is a book that teaches kids about cybersecurity, and it also introduces them to coding and cybersecurity terms. My kids and I were gifted a book by the author. I read it to my older two kids (ages 8 and 11), and I think...

Doll-E 1.0 | STEAM Children’s Book Review

by Emily | March 19, 2025 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

My three year old daughter and I have been enjoying weekly trips to the public library for story time and to play with the fun educational toys there. We didn't used to check out books because we have a lot of books at home already that she loves to read, and we hear new stories every week at the...

Halley Harper, Science Girl Extraordinaire Book Series review

by Emily | January 27, 2025 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

Over the years, I've met other bloggers in my same genre. One of my favorite blogger friends is Tracy Borgmeyer, author of the She Loves Science blog and the Halley Harper, Science Girl Extraordinaire Series. We have a lot in common, besides running blogs featuring STEM activities and experiments...

Celebrate Mole Day with the book Mole and Tell | STEAM Book Review

by Emily | October 2, 2023 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

My family was recently gifted a copy of the picture book Mole and Tell. This book is written by a sister-brother team, Catherine Payne and John Payne II, and beautifully illustrated by Elisa Rocchi. The book follows a 4th grade class as they learn about moles. My son asked me, are we talking an...

Bronson Beaver Builds a Robot by Teko Bernard | STEAM Chapter Book Review

by Emily | April 26, 2021 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

My son has really blossomed as a reader this year. He is in first grade, and now he is able to read well on his own! It's bittersweet for me because he doesn't always have to ask me to read books to him anymore. I LOVE reading to my kids - I'd say it's my favorite thing to do with them everyday as...

Flash Facts – DC Graphic Novel Edited by Mayim Bialik, PhD | STEAM Children’s Book Review

by Emily | February 2, 2021 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

Flash Facts is a DC Comics Graphic Novel featuring "Ten Terrific Tales about Science and Technology". Flash Facts was curated and edited by Mayim Bialik, PhD, who is a scientist, actress, and author. There are ten individual stories featuring recognizable DC characters and each story is by...