 Best STEM Books for 2022
In fall 2022, representatives from the National Science Teaching Association’s Children’s Book Council and from other disciplinary groups met for the sixth time to select exemplary children’s literature in STEM. Since 2014 this joint committee has sought out literature that represents the best of STEM through:
It’s important to note that the criteria above do not require science content—even if it is integrated across disciplines. The best STEM books might represent the practices of science and engineering by:
Some of these books might not cover STEM content at all. They might simply define STEM habits of mind. For example, a biography might be STEM if it shows creative thought, progressive improvement, and even struggle and failure. But just telling a sequential story of achievement in a biography would not make it a STEM book. A winner would have to provoke a sense of innovation in the reader in any genre. All the winners are interdisciplinary in some way: Content, process, and field of endeavor. The list below attempts to classify them, but, of course, the greatest STEM achievements defy classification. Biographies Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer Traci Sorell Building Zaha: The Story of Architect Zaha Hadid Victoria Tentler-Krylov A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla Azadeh Westergaard Benoit Mandelbrot: Reshaping the World Robert Black Secrets of the Sea: The Story of Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist Evan Griffith Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World Dean Robbins The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe Sandra Nickel Wonder Women of Science: Twelve Geniuses Who Are Currently Rocking Science, Technology, and the World Tiera Fletcher and Ginger Rue Inventions Awards also were given to books about inventions and the process that multiple inventors went through. Bicycle: Eureka! The Biography of an Idea Lori Haskins Houran Light Bulb: Eureka! The Biography of an Idea Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld A Shot in the Arm: Big Ideas that Changed the World #3 Don Brown From Here to There: Inventions That Changed the Way the World Moves Vivian Kirkfield Glasses: Eureka! The Biography of an Idea Lori Haskins Houran Engineering Engineering is prominent in the list, with familiar projects conducted in innovative ways. Uma Wimple Charts Her House Reif Larsen Maxine Greatest Garden Ever Ruth Spiro Someone Builds the Dream Lisa Wheeler Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature Kristen Nordstrom Mathematics And mathematics is not a tool but a science in itself. Look, Grandma! Ni, Elisi! Art Coulson Molly and the Mathematical Mysteries: Ten Interactive Adventures in Mathematical Wonderland Eugenia Cheng Luna's Yum Yum Dim Sum Natasha Yim Computer Science Coding becomes science, too. Artificial Intelligence Dinah Williams Coding as STEM Coding is both language and science in more award-winning books. What Is Nintendo? Gina Shaw Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars Laurie Wallmark The World Around Societal and environmental problems become the theme for more award-winning books. Amara and the Bats Emma Reynolds A Shot in the Arm: Big Ideas that Changed the World #3 Don Brown Scene of The Crime: Tracking Down Criminals with Forensic Science Hp Newquist Bones Unearthed (Creepy and True #3) Kerrie Logan Hollihan Cougar Crossing: How Hollywood's Celebrity Cougar Helped Build a Bridge for City Wildlife Meeg Pincus Upstream, Downstream: Exploring Watershed Connections Rowena Rae Lady Bird Johnson, That's Who!: The Story of a Cleaner and Greener America Tracy Nelson Maurer Race to the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica Rebecca E. F. Barone The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem Colleen Paeff Scene of The Crime: Tracking Down Criminals with Forensic Science Hp Newquist Selling STEM Invention extends to entrepreneurship. Eat Bugs! #1: Project Startup Heather Alexander Innovative books lead to innovative, integrated curricula. For more information on each award-winning book, go to Best STEM Books K–12 2022 | NSTA
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