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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:
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 Brainstorm Book
Rosie Revere’s Big Project Book for Bold Engineers
Iggy Peck and The Mysterious Mansion
Sofia Valdez's Big Project Book for Awesome Activists
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 Girl Who Never Made Mistakes
Little Inventors: Mission Oceans
The Little Inventors Handbook: A guide to becoming an ingenious inventor
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
100 Things to Know About Science
The Questioneers Picture Book Collection
The Questioneers Big Project Book Collection
Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding: by Linda Liukas
Great Lives in Graphics: Nikola Tesla
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer: by Diane Stanley, Jessie Hartland
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights
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
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
Just Like Me: 40 Neurologically and Physically Diverse People Who Broke Stereotypes
Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls: by Elena Favilli
What Colour is my World: The Lost History of African American Inventors by Kareem Abdul - Jabbar
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 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
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