SCIENCE AND MATH

Andrea Davis Pinkney (A) and Brian Pinkney (ILT)

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – African American History / Free Black / Scientist Engineer / Genius – 1998)

Benjamin Banneker was born free when most blacks in this country were still enslaved. But it troubled him that not all blacks were not…

Laura Driscoll (A) and Jill Weber (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Biography / Scientist – 2003)

Annie Marcus is just nuts about peanut butter! When Annie finds out that George Washington Carver was responsible for the popularity of peanuts, she picks him for her scientist report. Annie learns all…

Kathryn Lasky (A) and Nneka Bennett (ILT)

List Price: $5.99  (Paperback – Biography / Entrepreneur / Cosmetics – 2000)

A biography of Sarah Breedlove Walker who, though born in poverty, pioneered her genius ideas in hair and beauty care products for black women, and became a great financial success. (48…

Ben Carson (A)

List Price: $7.95 (Paperback – Biography / Medicine / Brain Surgeon – 2014)

From Inner-City Nobody to Brilliant Neurosurgeon

When Ben Carson was in school, his classmates called him the class dummy. Many—including Ben himself—doubted that he would ever amount to anything. But his mother never let him quit.…

Rose Blue (A), Corinne Nadine (A) and Don Tate (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Astronaut / Activist / Ron McNair /Reading Rights and Freedoms- 2009)

Nine-year-old Ron loves going to the Lake City Public Library to look through all the books on airplanes and flight. Today, Ron is ready to take out…

William Kamkwamba (A), Bryan Mealer (A) and Elizabeth Zunon (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Ingenuity /African Village / Making A Windmill / Believing In Self – 2012

When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba’s Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone’s crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William…

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (A) and Ray Obstfeld (A) and A.G. Ford (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – African American History / Scientists – 2013)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA’s all time leading scorer, champions a lineup of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book.

Did you know that James West invented…

Written By Educators and Glen Singleton (A)

List Price: $14.99 (Hardcover -Experiments in Astronomy / Biology / Chemistry / Geology / Physics / Weather – 2013)

Do you know how to make your own explosive volcano? Or how rainbows are made? Learn all about it with Cool Science Experiments! Explore the world of…

William Kamkwamba (A) and Bryan Mealer (A)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover) – Malawi / Young Inventor – 2014)

The New York Times bestselling memoir of the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village adapted for young readers. Now available in paperback!

When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba’s tiny village…

Aliki (A and ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Biography / Scientist – 1988)

From humble beginnings, George Washington Carver became one of the greatest scientist in the United States. His dedication to helping his people led him to find over three hundred uses for…

Jim Gigliotti (A), Stephen Marchesi (ILT), Nancy Harrison (ILT)

List Price: $6.99 (Paperback – Biography / Scientist – 2015)

Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He…

Chris Barton (A) and Don Tate (ILT) 

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Biography / Inventor –  2016)

You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie…

Marne Ventura (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Biography / Science – Astro Physicist and Space Advocate – 2014)                                               

“Have you ever stared into the night sky, full of stars…

Margot Lee Shettterly (A) 

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Biography / Science – Aerospace Engineer – 2015) 

This inspiring biography tells the story of Katherine Johnson, an African American mathematician. An inspiring figure in the history of STEM, she eventually worked on the mission to send a man to the moon.  Her story…

Laura Hamilton Waxman (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Biography / Science – Aerospace Engineer – 2015) 

Have you ever built a cool science project? In middle school, Aprille Ericsson won second place in a science fair. She knew she wanted to keep creating amazing science projects. As an adult, she became an…

Allison Lassieur (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Biography / Science – Astronaut – 2016 )

While watching Star Trek on television as a child, Mae Jemison was certain she would one day visit space.  Then she became the first black female NASA astronaut. Find out how Jemison’s passion for science…

Kari Cornell (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Biography / Science – Urban Biologist- 2016 )

After earning degrees studying animal behavior, Danielle Lee wanted to share her love of science with young people. Through urban outreach she has brought budding scientists into professional labs. She’s walked them through the steps of the…

Marti Dumas (A) and Narie Muravski (ILT)

List Price: $5.99 (Paperback  – Series / Boy Scientist Adventures  2015)

Giant Afro. Even Bigger Brain

Jaden Toussaint, 5 year-old scientist and all around cool dude, is on a mission to convince the grown-ups that he needs more SCREEN TIME. His only weapons are science,…

Marti Dumas (A) and Narie Muravski (ILT)

List Price: $5.99 (Paperback  – Series / Boy Scientist Adventures  2015)

Giant Afro. Even Bigger Brain

Jaden Toussaint, 5 year-old scientist and all around cool dude, is on a mission to convince the grown-ups that he needs more SCREEN TIME. This time there is an alien…

Marti Dumas (A) and Narie Muravski (ILT)

List Price: $5.99 (Paperback  – Series / Boy Scientist Adventures  2016)

Giant Afro. Even Bigger Brain

Jaden Toussaint, 5 year-old scientist.  In Episode 3, our heroic smarty-pants finally meets another kid as epic as he is–his cousin!! Will Jaden Toussaint keep his cool? Or will he…

Marti Dumas (A) and Narie Muravski (ILT)

List Price: $5.99 (Paperback  – Series / Boy Scientist Adventures  2016) 

Giant Afro. Even Bigger Brain. 

Marti Dumas (A) and Narie Muravski (ILT)

List Price: $5.99 (Paperback  – Series / Boy Scientist Adventures  2017) 

Giant Afro. Even Bigger Brain.
Jaden Toussaint, 5 year-old scientist and all around cool dude.  I mean, really knows it all. Animal Scientist. Great Debater. Master of the art of ninja dancing. There’s nothing Jaden Toussaint…

Laurie Calkhoven (A) and Monique Dong (ILT)

List Price: $4.64  (Paperback – Biography / Astronaut – 2016)

Blast off into space and get to know Mae Jemison—the first African-American woman to ever go to space—with this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people “you should meet.”

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Thea Feldman (A) and Alyssa Petersen (ILT)

List Price: $5.99 (Paperback  – Biography / Mathematician  – 2017)

Get to know the woman who made many of NASA’s early missions possible in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people “you should meet!”

Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant…

Margot Lee Shetterly (A) and Laura Freeman (ILT) 

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Black Scientists / Save NASA Program -2018)

Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award–nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men…

Sasha Ariel Alston (A) and Vanessa Newton Brantley

List Price: $14.99 (Hardcover – STEM/ Tween / Learns to Code- 2017)

Selected for the 2018 Girls of Summer Reading List
Sasha Savvy Loves to Code is an early reader chapter book (ages 7-10). The main character, Sasha Savvy, is a super smart 10-year old…

Lynda Jones (A) and Ron Garnett (ILT) 

Kelly Starling Lyons (A) and Nneka Meyers (ILT)  and Vanessa Newton-Brantley (ILT)  

List Price: $6.99 (Paperback – Savvy Scientist – 2019)

Jada Jones is back for the third book of this popular, celebrated series perfect for STEM fans!

Jada is hosting her first sleepover, and she has lots of cool scientific activities planned:…

Kathleen Krull (A), Paul Brewer (A) and Frank Morrison (ILT) 

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover  Biography / Astro Physicist – 2018) 

★ An Amazon Best Children’s Book of the Year selection

A picture-book biography on science superstar Neil deGrasse Tyson, the groundbreaking American astrophysicist whose work has inspired a generation of young scientists and…

Kimberly Brown Pellum PhD (A) 

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Black Women In Science -2019)

Bold, black women in science―where will their inspiration take you?

Throughout history, black women have blazed trails across the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Black Women in Science brings something special to black history books for kids, celebrating incredible black…

Seth Fishman (A) and Isabel Greenberg (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Focus On Human Energy and Science – 2019)

The companion to the popular and award-winning A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars.

This captivating and educational picture book from Seth Fishman and Isabel Greenberg introduces young readers…

Janice N. Harrington (A) and Theodore Taylor lll

List Price: $18.50 (Hardcover – First Black Entomologist – 2019)

Can spiders learn? How do ants find their way home? Can bugs see color? All of these questions buzzed endlessly in Charles Henry Turner’s mind. As the first Black entomologist, he was fascinated by plants and…

Andrea Beauty (A) and David Roberts (ILT)

List Price: $14.99 (Paperback – Activity Book / Science – 2018) 

For curious young minds who ask why? how? what? when? and then why? again and again, the bestselling team behind Ada Twist, Scientist has developed a STEM project book based on the beloved character. Ada herself will…

Sarah Hutt (A) and Brenna Vaughan (ILT) 

List Price: $12.99 (Paperback – Activity Book – Girls Who Coding – 2018) 

Use coding to make your dreams come true in this fun-filled activity book published in partnership with the nonprofit organization Girls Who Code!

You might not realize it, but coding is everywhere–not…

Ibi Zoboi (A)

List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover – Coming of Age Strory – Loves Science – 2019)

National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that’s changing at warp speed.

Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved…

Andrea Beauty (A) and David Roberts (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Young Scientist / Solving Problems – 2016) 

A #1 New York Times Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
A USA Today Bestseller

Inspired by real-life makers Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie, this beloved #1 bestseller champions STEM, girl power and women scientists in a rollicking celebration of curiosity, the…

Martha Freeman (A) and Katy Wu (ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover –  Bios of 20 Female Scientists – 2020)

“An inspiring look at women who realized curiosity plus tenacity equals success.” —Kirkus Reviews
“[A] captivating compendium.” —Publishers Weekly

Discover the histories of twenty incredible female scientists in this inspiring biography…

Jean Merrill (A)

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Toothpaste Inventor  – 2006)

Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower doesn’t set out to become a millionaire. He just wants to save on toothpaste. Betting he can make a gallon of his own for the same price as one tube from the store, Rufus develops a step-by-step…

Julia Finley Mosca (A) and Daniel Rieley (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Scientist /  Cured Blindness -2017)

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Selection
NSTA Best STEM Books for K-12 Selection
A Mighty Girl Book of the Year

If you like to think big, but some say you’re too…

Discover the hidden figure who created the first comprehensive computer program to design ships for the US Navy.

Girls like Raye Montague weren’t supposed to like math or science, or go to engineering school. But tenacious Raye had a plan, one that eventually took her all the way to the US Navy. There, she…

“This installment in the Geisel-winning Ty’s Travels series adds some much-needed diversity to the beginning-reader shelf” —Booklist 

Join Ty on his imaginative adventures in Ty’s Travels: Lab Magic, a My First I Can Read book by acclaimed author and illustrator team Kelly…

From Sean Connolly, the master of messy and dangerous (and therefore extra-fun) science, a collection of more than 20 hands-on experiments that are like an interactive journey through the periodic table of elements.

In this  introduction to chemistry for STEM-curious kids ages 9 and up, each chapter of The Book of Ingeniously Daring Chemistry focuses…

Meet Rocket–a plucky aspiring astronaut intent on getting her community to LOOK UP! from what they’re doing and reach for the stars in this auspicious debut picture book. Honored as a Chicago Public Library 2019 Best of the Best Book!

A comet will be visible tonight,…

Little Black Boy, Oh the things you will do.
Has anyone mentioned the world’s open to you?

A little Black boy finds the courage to go after his dreams in this empowering and inspirational picture book by actress Kirby Howell-Baptiste (The Sandman) with actor Larry Fields.

With vivid,…

An empowering and joyous picture book by actress Kirby Howell-Baptiste (The Sandman) that instills confidence and encourages little Black girls to reach for their wildest dreams.

Illustrated by the talented Paul Davey, this inspiring picture book celebrates all little Black girls, the power of community, and the joy and hope of being…

Kimberly Derting (A) and Shelli R. Johannes (ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover –  Science / Scientist – 2020)

Libby loves science! In this STEM-themed picture book, a companion to the popular Cece Loves Science, Libby and her friends…