Last week I shared some of my favorite picture book biographies about
female scientists. As I was compiling that list, I realized I should look at books
that feature #KIDSinSTEM too. Here are some terrific titles everyone should know
about—some nonfiction and some fiction.
11
Experiments that Failed by Jenny
Offill (fiction)
Bird
Count by Susan Richmond (fiction)
The
Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (nonfiction)
The
Girl Who Named Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney by Alice B. McGinty (informational fiction)
Iqbal
and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet by Elizabeth Suneby (nonfiction)
Marvelous
Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became
an Inventor by Emily Arnold McCully (nonfiction)
The
Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires (fiction)
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