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High School(ages 15+)
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PRE-ELEMENTARY
Alling, NikiWhen I Build With Blocks2012 Paperback edition
Beaty, Andrea, and David Roberts Rosie Revere, Engineer2013 Hardcover edition
Beaty, Andrea, and David RobertsAda Twist, Scientist2016 Hardcover edition
Ferrie, ChrisRocket Science for Babies2017 Board Book edition
Page 2 | Pre-Elementary
Hadfield, ChrisThe Darkest Dark 2017 Paperback edition
Fox, Karen C., and Nancy DavisOlder than the Stars2011 Paperback edition
McDonald, Rebecca, and James McDonald
I Am the Moon: A Book About the Moon for Kids2018 Paperback edition
McDonnell, Patrick Me…..Jane2011 Hardcover edition
Mitton, Tony, and Ant ParkerAmazing Airplanes2005 Paperback edition
Page 3 | Pre-Elementary
Oxley, Jennifer, and Billy AronsonPeg + Cat: The Pizza Problem2016 Hardcover edition
Mitton, Tony, and Ant ParkerSuper Submarines2014 Paperback edition
Rabe, Tish, and Aristides Ruiz
There’s No Place Like Space: All About Our Solar System1999 Hardcover edition
Spires, AshleyThe Most Magnificent Thing2014 Hardcover edition
Sturges, Philomen, and Giles LarocheBridges are to Cross1998 Hardcover edition
Page 4 | Pre-Elementary
Waring, Geoff Oscar and the Bird: A Book About Electricity2011 Paperback edition
Underwood, Deborah Interstellar Cinderella2015 Hardcover edition
Waring, Geoff
Oscar and the Moth: A Book About Light and Dark2008 Paperback edition
Worth, BonnieOh Say Can You Say Di-no-saur? All About Dinosaurs1999 Hardcover edition
Page 5 | Pre-Elementary
EARLY ELEMENTARY
Ahmed, Roda, and Stasia BurringtonMae Among the Stars2018 Hardcover edition
Ayyar, LeelaElara, Stem Girl2018 Hardcover edition
Barretta, Gene Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives2012 Hardcover edition
Barretta, GeneNeo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci2009 Hardcover edition
Page 6 | Early Elementary
Basher, Simon, and R.G. GrantSuperstars of Science: The Brave, the Bold, and the Brainy2015 Paperback edition
Barretta, GeneNow & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin 2008 Paperback edition
Basher, Simon, and Dan Green
Basher Science: Rocks and Minerals: A Gem of a Book2009 Paperback edition
Basher, Simon, and Tom JacksonBasher Science: Engineering: The Riveting World of Buildings and Machines
2017 Paperback edition
Beaty, Andrea, and David RobertsRosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters: The Questioneers Book #1 2018 Hardcover edition
Page 7 | Early Elementary
Burns, Marilyn, and Gordon Silveria The Greedy Triangle2008 Paperback edition
Berne, Jennifer, and Eric PuybaretManfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau2015 Paperback edition
Dougherty, Rachel
Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge2019 Hardcover edition
The Editors of TIME for Kids. The Big Book of Why2010 Hardcover edition
Gans, Roma, and Holly KellerLet’s Go Rock Collecting1997 Paperback edition
Page 8 | Early Elementary
Heiligman, Deborah, and LeUyen PhamThe Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos2013 Hardcover edition
Gibbs Davis, Kathryn, and Gilbert FordMr. Ferris and His Wheel2014 Hardcover edition
Hopkins, H. Joseph, and Jill McElmurry
The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever2013 Hardcover edition
Hughes, Catherine D., and Franco TempestaNational Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Dinosaurs2011 Hardcover edition
Jacoby, Jenny, and Vicky BarkerSTEM Starters for Kids Engineering Activity Book2017 Paperback edition
Page 9 | Early Elementary
Kelsey, Elin, and Soyeon KimWild Ideas: Let Nature Inspire Your Thinking2015 Hardcover edition
Jacoby, Jenny, and Vicky BarkerSTEM Starters for Kids Geology Activity Book2019 Paperback edition
Kroll, Virginia, and Philomena O’Neill
Equal Shmequal2005 Paperback edition
Landau, ElaineVolcanoes2009 Paperback edition
Lindeen, MaryAnatomy of a Volcano2007 Library Binding edition
Page 10 | Early Elementary
McAnulty, Stacy, and David LitchfieldEarth! My First 4.54 Billion Years2017 Hardcover edition
McAnulty, StacyGoldie Blox and the Best Friend Fail!2018 Paperback edition
McDonald, Rebecca, and James McDonald
I Am the Moon: A Book About the Moon for Kids2018 Paperback edition
McNulty, Faith, and Steven KelloggIf You Decide to Go to the Moon2005 Hardcover edition
Meltzer, Brad, and Christopher EliopoulosI am Marie Curie2019 Hardcover edition
Page 11 | Early Elementary
Mosca, Julia Finley, and Daniel RieleyThe Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague2018 Hardcover edition
Mosca, Julia Finley, and Daniel RieleyThe Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin2019 Paperback edition
Olshan, Matthew, and Sophie Blackall
A Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the FirstInternational Flight by Balloon in 17852016 Hardcover edition
Otoshi, KathrynZero2010 Hardcover edition
Overdeck, Laura, and Jim PaillotBedtime Math: This Time It’s Personal2014 Hardcover edition
Page 12 | Early Elementary
Robbins, Dean, and Lucy KnisleyMargaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing2017 Hardcover edition
Parker, Steve, and Andrea DeSantisSpace Kids: An Introduction for Young Explorers2018 Hardcover edition
Rockliff, Mara, and Iacopo Bruno
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France2015 Hardcover edition
Rogers, Simon, and Jennifer DanielInformation Graphics: Space2015 Paperback edition
Roth Sisson, StephanieStar Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos 2014 Hardcover edition
Page 13 | Early Elementary
Schwartz, David M., and Steven KelloggMillions to Measure2006 Paperback edition
Schoepp, KatherineIf: Ball, Then: Catch2021 Hardcover edition
Smith, David J., and Steve Adams
If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers2014 Hardcover edition
Stokes, KatieHuman Body Activity Book for Kids: Hands-On Fun for Grades K-32019 Paperback edition
Tang, Greg, and Harry BriggsMath For All Seasons: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles2005 Paperback edition
Page 14 | Early Elementary
Vorderman, CarolHow to Be an Engineer2018 Hardcover edition
Valentine, Rachel, and Katie WeymouthAudrey the Amazing Inventor2018 Hardcover edition
Wallmark, Laurie, and Katy Wu
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code2017 Hardcover edition
Waring, Geoff Oscar and the Bird: A Book About Electricity2011 Paperback edition
Waring, GeoffOscar and the Moth: A Book About Light and Dark2008 Paperback edition
Page 15 | Early Elementary
Yamada, Kobi, and Mae BesomWhat Do You Do with an Idea?2014 Hardcover edition
MID-LATE ELEMENTARY
Berger, Melvin, Gilda Berger, and Robin Carter
Are Mountains Growing Taller? Questions and Answers About the Changing Earth2003 Paperback edition
Berne, Jennifer, and Vladimir RadunskyOn a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein2013 Hardcover edition
Cole, Joanna, and Bruce DegenThe Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor1994 Paperback edition
Page 16 | Mid-Late Elementary
Craighead George, Jean, and Wendell MinorGalapagos George2014 Hardcover edition
Cole, Joanna, and Bruce DegenThe Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System1992 Paperback edition
Dominguez, Oliver, and Elizabeth Rusch
Electrical Wizard: How Nicola Tesla Lit Up the World2015 Paperback edition
Driscoll, Michael, and Meredith HamiltonA Child’s Introduction to the Night Sky (Revised and Updated): The Story of the Stars, Planets, and Constellations- and How You Can Find Them in the Sky2019 Hardcover edition
Enz, Tammy, and Agnieszka BiskupBatman Science: The Real-World Science Behind Batman’s Gear2014 Paperback edition
Page 17 | Mid-Late Elementary
Ignotofsky, RachelI Love Science. A Journal for Self-Discovery and Big Ideas 2017 Diary edition
Ignotofsky, Rachel Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World2016 Hardcover edition
Kerschbaum, John
Science Comics: Skyscrapers: The Heights of Engineering2019 Paperback edition
MacLeod, Elizabeth, Frieda Wishinsky, and Qin LengA History of Just About Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World2013 Hardcover edition
Rogers, Simon, and Jennifer DanielInformation Graphics: Space2015 Paperback edition
Page 18 | Mid-Late Elementary
Shetterly, Margot Lee, and Laura FreemanHidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race2018 Hardcover edition
Sherman, Jill25 Women Who Thought of It First2018 Paperback edition
Strauss, Rochelle, and Rosemary Woods
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth2007 Hardcover edition
Tomecek, SteveNational Geographic Kids Everything Rocks and Minerals: Dazzling Gems of Photos and Info that will Rock your World2011 Paperback edition
Walliman, Dr. Dominic, and Ben NewmanProfessor Astro Cat’s Frontiers of Space2013 Hardcover edition
Page 19 | Mid-Late Elementary
LATE ELEMENTARY - EARLY JUNIOR HIGH
deGrasse Tyson, Neil, and Gregory MoneAstrophysics for Young People in a Hurry2019 Paperback edition
Hopping, Lorraine JeanSpace Rocks: The Story of Planetary Geologist Adriana Ocampo2006 Paperback edition
Macaulay, DavidThe Way Things Work Now2016 Hardcover edition
Page 20 | Late Elementary - Early Junior High
JUNIOR HIGH +
Bell, JimThe Interstellar Age: The Story of the NASA Men and Women Who Flew the Forty-Year Voyager Mission2016 Paperback edition
Bryson, BillA Short History of Nearly Everything 2004 Paperback edition
Coyne, Jerry A. Why Evolution is True2010 Paperback edition
Dawkins, RichardThe Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary Edition2016 Paperback edition(suggested ages 15 +)
Page 21 | Junior High +
deGrasse Tyson, NeilAstrophysics for People in a Hurry2017 Hardcover edition (suggested ages 15 +)
Domingos, PedroThe Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World2018 Paperback edition(suggested ages 15 +)
Farmer, StevenStrange Chemistry: The Stories Your Chemistry Teacher Wouldn’t Tell You2017 Paperback edition
Felt, HaliSoundings: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor2013 Paperback edition
Florman, Samuel C. The Existential Pleasures of Engineering1996 Paperback edition
Page 22 | Junior High +
Glassley, William E. A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice2018 Paperback edition (suggested ages 15 +)
Gordon, J.E.Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down2003 Paperback edition (suggested ages 15 +)
Gould, Stephen JayWonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History1990 paperback edition
Hawking, StephenA Brief History of Time1998 Paperback edition (suggested ages 15 +)
Holmes, MelanieA Hero on Mount St. Helens: The Life and Legacy of David A. Johnston2019 Paperback edition
Page 23 | Junior High +
Johnson, StevenThe Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World2007 Paperback edition(suggested ages 15 +)
Keiran, MoniqueReading the Rocks: A Biography of Ancient Alberta2004 Paperback edition
Kluger, JeffreyApollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon2017 Hardcover edition
Mahaffey, JimAtomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima2015 Paperback edition
McCullough, DavidThe Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge1983 Paperback edition
Page 24 | Junior High +
Morton Cowan, MaryCyrus Field’s Big Dream: The Daring Effort to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable2018 Hardcover edition
Newey, AdrianHow to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer2017 Hardcover edition
Nye, BillUnstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World2016 Paperback edition
Petroski, HenryTo Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design1992 Paperback edition(suggested ages 15 +)
Sapolsky, Robert M. A Primate’s Memoir: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons2002 Paperback edition (suggested ages 15 +)
Page 25 | Junior High +
Seife, CharlesZero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea2000 Paperback edition (suggested ages 15 +)
Shetterly, Margot LeeHidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race 2017 Paperback edition
Skloot, RebeccaThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks2011 Paperback edition(suggested ages 15 +)
Winchester, SimonThe Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology2009 Paperback edition (suggested ages 15 +)
Page 26 | Junior High +