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Books For Curious Minds and Budding Engineers

Do you have a budding engineer in the family? Here is a list with some of our favourite books for introducing children to engineering and STEM.

Do you have a budding engineer in the family? Here is a list with some of our favourite books for introducing children to engineering and STEM and also inspiring engineering books for teenagers and young people. This list is not extensive and there are many more fantastic books out there but these are definitely some of our favourites:

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Curious Minds & Budding Engineers online STEM Library

Introducing some of our favourite books for introducing children to STEM. This list is not extensive and there are many more fantastic books out there but these are definitely some of our favourites:

Book recommendations for primary education:

Ada Twist, Scientist

Ada Twist Scientist Brainstorm Book

Ada Twist & The Why Files

Rosie Revere, Engineer

Rosie Revere’s Big Project Book for Bold Engineers

Iggy Peck Architect

Iggy Peck and The Mysterious Mansion

Sofia Valdez, Future Prez

Sofia Valdez's Big Project Book for Awesome Activists

Aaron Slater, Illustrator

Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls: by Elena Favilli

My mummy is an engineer; by Kerrine Bryan, Jason Bryan, Marissa Peguinho

Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder: adventures in science round the kitchen table; by Alom Shaha

Self-Destructing Science Space: A tearing, folding, cutting, experimenting and scribbling book

The Most Magnificent Thing

The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes

Little Inventors: Mission Oceans

Little Inventors in Space

The Little Inventors Handbook: A guide to becoming an ingenious inventor

Little Inventors Go Green

Little Heroes: Courageous People Who Changed The World

Ultimate Spotlight: Astronauts

Little Leaders: Visionary Women Around the World

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

Little Leaders: Exceptional Men in Black History

Old Enough To Save The Planet

100 Things to Know About Science

The Questioneers Picture Book Collection

The Questioneers Big Project Book Collection

Rube Goldberg: Inventions

The Agent Asha Pack

Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding: by Linda Liukas

Space Adventure Activity Book

Great Lives in Graphics: Nikola Tesla

Ada Lovelace

Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer: by Diane Stanley, Jessie Hartland

Alan Turing

Albert Einstein

Maya Angelou

Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights

Do Something For Someone Else

The Unworry Book

Just Like Me

We Have A Dream

How to be an Explorer of the World; by Keri Smith

Engineering Activity Book: by Jenny Jacoby

Technology Activity Book: by Jenny Jacoby

Science Activity Book: by Jenny Jacoby

Peg and Cat: The Pizza Problem: by Jennifer Oxley

Peg and Cat: The Race Car Problem: by Billy Aronson and Jennifer Oxley

My name is not Isabella: Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream: by Jennifer Fosberry

Engineering for Every Kid: Easy Activities that Make Learning Science Fun; by Janice VanCleave

Margaret and the Moon: by Dean Robbins and Lucy Knisley

Interstellar Cinderella: by Deborah Underwood

Book recommendations for secondary education and beyond:

100 Things to Know About Science

321 Seriously Smart Things You Need To Know

100 Science Discoveries That Changed The World

Engineers Making a Difference

Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World; by Mark Miodownik

Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life; by Helen Czerski

The Design of Everyday Things; by Donald A. Norman

The New Way Things Work; by David Macaulay

Things Come Apart; by Todd McLellan

Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements; by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers who Change the World: by Rachel Ignotofsky

Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science And the World by Rachel Swaby

Fantastically Great Women Scientists and Their Stories

Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World

The Unintentional Inventions of The Bland Sisters

The Ultimate Book of Space

Just Like Me: 40 Neurologically and Physically Diverse People Who Broke Stereotypes

Hidden Figures

Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls: by Elena Favilli

What Colour is my World: The Lost History of African American Inventors by Kareem Abdul - Jabbar

How Was That Built?

Magic Magnifying Glass: Mind-boggling machines

Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures: by Roma Agrawal

Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis: by Laurie Winkless

A Beginner's Guide to Electricity and Magnetism; by Gill Arbuthnott

Things Explainer; by Randall Munroe

The 14th Goldfish; by Jennifer L. Holm

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World; by Rachel Ignotofsky

Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects; by Tom Igoe

Why Buildings Stand Up: Strength of Architecture from the Pyramids to the Skyscraper; by Mario Salvadori

Why Things Break: Understanding the World by the Way it Comes Apart; by Mark Eberhart

Why Buildings Fall Down: Why Structures Fail; by Matthys Levy, Mario Salvadori and Kevin Woest

Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down; by J.E. Gordon

Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing; by Henry Petroski

Engineering A beginners guide; by Natasha McCarthy

How Engineers Create the World; by William Hammack

What if? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions; by Randall Munroe

Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder: adventures in science round the kitchen table; by Alom Shaha

Rube Goldberg: Inventions

The Agent Asha Pack

Detective Dot

Girls think of Everything; by Catherine Thimmesh, Melissa Sweet

The Manga Guide to Biochemistry: by Masaharu Takemura, Kikuyaro, Office Sawa

The Manga Guide to Electricity:by Kazuhiro Fujitaki, Matsuda, Trend-Pro Co Ltd

The Manga Guide to Statistics: by Shin Takahashi, Trend-Pro Co Ltd

The Manga Guide to Physics: by Hiddeo Nitta, Keita Takatsu, Trend-Pro Co Ltd

Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists; by Mario Livio