STEAM Books

Reading to my kids is usually 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’m trying to find the best STEAM 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

I am Benjamin Franklin (Ordinary People Change the World) | STEAM Children’s Book Review

by Emily | October 13, 2020 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

Last year I shared a blog post about how my kids and I are fans of the Ordinary People Change the World book series by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos. This is the book series that inspired Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum on PBS Kids. I really appreciate how these books...

I am Anne Frank (Ordinary People Change the World) | STEAM Children’s Book Review

by Emily | October 13, 2020 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

As long as I can remember I've had a great interest to learn about the Holocaust. I think it started when I was a young girl and I learned my Jewish grandfather fought in World War II in Europe. He was on the front lines of combat, where he was wounded by shrapnel, and he also wrote and published...

Letters From Space by Retired Astronaut Clayton Anderson | STEAM Children’s Book Review

by Emily | September 25, 2020 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

My kids have always been fascinated by space. Shortly after we moved to Houston we visited Space Center Houston. My daughter was a one year old at the time, and we all touched a moon rock in one of the exhibits and then we talked about it so much that day that "moon rock" became one of her first...

How Much is a Million? | STEAM Children’s Book Review

by Emily | July 24, 2020 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

Today’s Friday Favorite STEAM book is another great math book for kids: How Much is a Million? written by David M. Schwartz and illustrated by Steven Kellogg. This book is from my mother-in-law's collection of math picture books (she's a retired middle school math teacher). My kids and I have been...

Math Curse | STEAM Children’s Book Review

by Emily | July 17, 2020 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

My mother-in-law is a retired middle school math teacher. During a recent visit I found several math picture books at her house. She told me she used to read these books to her students at school. We initially thought they might be too advanced for my kids (because she taught grades 6-8), but I...

Curious About Fossils | STEAM Children’s Book Review

by Emily | June 26, 2020 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

Today’s Friday Favorite STEAM book is Smithsonian Book's Curious About Fossils by Kate Waters. I’ve shared activities and toys all about fossils this week, so it makes sense to end the week with a book about fossils! My husband and I found this book on Amazon, and it is perfect for my curious...

Lil’ Smore Magazine | STEAM Children’s Magazine Review

by Emily | June 22, 2020 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

Today I’m sharing Lil' Smore, a STEM magazine for kids! Smore Science creates Lil' Smore and Smore magazines for kids. In addition to the magazines, they have a great website with activities, experiments, and information about STEM careers and the women who work in them. We were gifted this issue...

Don’t Call Me Bear by Aaron Blabey | STEAM Children’s Book Review

by Emily | June 19, 2020 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

Today’s Friday Favorite STEAM book is Don’t Call Me Bear! by Aaron Blabey. Aaron Blabey is a popular children’s book author from Australia. He also writes the Pig the Pug book series (my kids love these books too), among other popular books. I highly recommend checking his work out. All of...

The Big Book of Birds by Yuval Zommer | STEAM Children’s Book Review

by Emily | June 12, 2020 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

Today’s Friday Favorite STEAM book is The Big Book of Birds by Yuval Zommer. My kids are really into birds right now and my son asked me if I can get him a book about birds so he can learn more. How could I possibly say no to a request like that? I’ve seen several of Yuval Zommer's picture...

The Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross Burach | STEAM Children’s Book Review

by Emily | May 29, 2020 | STEAM Books, STEAM for Kids | 0 Comments

Today’s Friday Favorite STEAM book is “The Very Impatient Caterpillar” by Ross Burach. This was another great find from my son’s elementary school book fair last fall. This spring during distance learning my son had an assignment about the lifecycle of caterpillars. He had to draw the lifecycle...

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