Today I’m finishing up my posts for 2023 with
my annual list of favorite STEM books. I usually try to limit it to 10 titles, but this
year’s list includes an astonishing 15 books because I just couldn’t narrow it down. It was
a stellar year for nonfiction, and for STEM titles in particular.
Six of the books appeared on from my Sibert Smackdown
list a few weeks ago:
Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of
Ancient Cave Art by Hannah Salyer
The Book of Turtles Sy Montgomery and Matt Patterson
Butt or Face? A Hilarious Animal Guessing Game Book for Kids by Kari Lavelle
The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the woman Who Discovered
What Stars Are Made Of by Kirsten Larson and Katherine
Roy
Nature Is a Sculptor: Weathering and Erosion by Heather Ferranti Kinser
Rise to the Sky: How the World’s tallest Trees Grow Up by Rebecca Hirsch and Mia Posada
I’m also including nine additional titles that
you won’t want to miss:
The Deep: Wild Life at
the Ocean’s Darkest Depths by Lindsey Leigh
Fungi Grow by Maria Gianferrari
The Girl Who Heard the Music: How One Pianist and 85,000 Bottles and Cans
Brought New Hope to an Island by Marni Fogelson,
Mahani Teave, and Marta Álvarez Miguéns
Great Carrier Reef by Jessica Stremer and
Gordy Wright
Making More: How Life
Begins by Katherine Roy
The Monkey Trial: John Scopes and the Battle Over Teaching Evolution by Anita Sanchez
Mysterious Glowing Mammals: An Unexpected Disovery Sparks a Scientific
Investigation by Maria Parrott-Ryan
Sisters in Science:
Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska, and the Atomic Power of Sisterhood by Linda Elovitz Marshall
and Elena Balbusso
Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest by Nora Nickum
Happy Reading and Happy
Holidays! I’ll be back with more posts in 2024.
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