TeachingBooks | 2020–2022 STEM/STEAM Biographies for Young Readers

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan

45+ Resources8 Awards

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Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

by Suzanne Slade and Cozbi A. Cabrera

35+ Resources9 Awards

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Great Stink, The: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem

The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem

by Colleen Paeff and Nancy Carpenter

35+ Resources8 Awards

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Sharuko: El arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello

by Monica Brown and Elisa Chavarri

30+ Resources10 Awards

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Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

by Kirsten W. Larson and Tracy Subisak

30+ Resources2 Awards

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Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott

by Joyce Scott, Brie Spangler, and Melissa Sweet

25+ Resources4 Awards

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Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life

by Marilyn Nelson

25+ Resources6 Awards

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Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon

by Kelly Starling Lyons and Laura Freeman

25+ Resources5 Awards

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Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America's Doctor

by Kate Messner and Alexandra Bye

25+ Resources1 Awards

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Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring

by Nancy Churnin and Felicia Marshall

20+ Resources1 Awards

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The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee

by Julie Leung and Julie Kwon

20+ Resources4 Awards

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Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession

by Kate Hannigan and Zachariah O'Hora

20+ Resources1 Awards

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Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM

by Tonya Bolden

20+ Resources3 Awards

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Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World

by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Erin K. Robinson

20+ Resources2 Awards

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Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars

by Laurie Wallmark and Brooke Smart

20+ Resources3 Awards

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Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America Into Space

by Suzanne Slade and Sally Wern Comport

20+ Resources5 Awards

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Perkin's Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry

by Tami Lewis Brown, Debbie Loren Dunn, and Francesca Sanna

15+ Resources1 Awards

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Woman All Spies Fear, The: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life

The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life

by Amy Butler Greenfield

15+ Resources3 Awards

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Sporting Chance, A: How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games

A Sporting Chance: How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games

by Lori Alexander and Allan Drummond

15+ Resources3 Awards

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Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics

by Laurie Wallmark and Yevgenia Nayberg

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Fred & Marjorie: A Doctor, a Dog, and the Discovery of Insulin

by Deborah Kerbel and Angela Poon

15+ Resources3 Awards

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Breaking Waves: Winslow Homer Paints the Sea

by Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor

15+ Resources

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Nacho's Nachos: The Story Behind the World's Favorite Snack

by Sandra Nickel and Oliver Dominguez

15+ Resources3 Awards

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Wonder Women of Science: How 12 Geniuses Are Rocking Science, Technology, and the World

by Tiera Fletcher, Ginger Rue, and Sally Wern Comport

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Code Name Badass: The True Story of Virginia Hall

by Heather Demetrios

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom

by Connie Schofield-Morrison and Elizabeth Zunon

15+ Resources1 Awards

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Out of the Shadows: How Lotte Reiniger Made the First Animated Fairytale Movie

by Fiona Robinson

15+ Resources4 Awards

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Shaped by Her Hands: Potter Maria Martinez

by Anna Harber Freeman, Barbara Gonzales, and Aphelandra

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Jacob Riis's Camera: Bringing Light to Tenement Children

by Alexis O'Neill and Gary Kelley

15+ Resources

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Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret

by Jess Keating and Katie Hickey

15+ Resources1 Awards

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Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper

by Candace Fleming and Julie Downing

15+ Resources

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Building Zaha: The Story of Architect Zaha Hadid

by Victoria Tentler-Krylov

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators

by Claudia Friddell and Elizabeth Baddeley

15+ Resources3 Awards

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Girl Who Loved Giraffes, The: And Became the World's First Giraffologist

The Girl Who Loved Giraffes: And Became the World's First Giraffologist

by Kathy Stinson and François Thisdale

15+ Resources1 Awards

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Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You've Never Heard of

by Helaine Becker and Kari Rust

15+ Resources

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Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World

by Dean Robbins and Mike Dutton

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes the French Chef

by Alex Prud'homme and Sarah Green

15+ Resources2 Awards

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How to Hear the Universe: Gaby González and the Search for Einstein's Ripples in Space-Time

by Patricia Valdez and Sara Palacios

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Hidden Powers: Lise Meitner's Call to Science

by Jeannine Atkins

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World

by Erin Bried, Kat Leyh, and Weshoyot Alvitre

10+ Resources2 Awards

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To Fly Among the Stars: The Hidden Story of the Fight for Women Astronauts

by Rebecca Siegel

10+ Resources1 Awards

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Hopeful Heart, A: Louisa May Alcott Before Little Women

A Hopeful Heart: Louisa May Alcott Before Little Women

by Deborah Noyes

10+ Resources1 Awards

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Boardwalk Babies

by Marissa Moss and April Chu

10+ Resources

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She Caught the Light: Williamina Stevens Fleming: Astronomer

by Kathryn Lasky and Julianna Swaney

10+ Resources1 Awards

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Maryam's Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani

by Megan Reid and Aaliya Jaleel

10+ Resources3 Awards

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On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson

by Jennifer Berne and Becca Stadtlander

10+ Resources

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Girl Who Could Fix Anything, The: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer

The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer

by Mara Rockliff and Daniel Duncan

10+ Resources1 Awards

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Sister Corita's Words and Shapes

by Jeanette Winter

10+ Resources

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2020–2022 STEM/STEAM Biographies for Young Readers

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