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2026 Best STEM Books Title: SubtitleAuthor(s)Illustrator(s)Publisher / ImprintISBNPage #Pub DatePrice of BookGrade RangeLINK
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CLIMATE: How Wladimir Köppen Studied Weather and Drew the First Climate MapDarcy PattisonPeter WillisMims House97816294430583205/20/2025$25.993rd-5thhttps://mimshousebooks.com/products/climate
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Design Thinking: A Guide to InnovationFred EstesLerner Publishing Group / Twenty-First Century Books979876560800517603/04/2025$38.659th-12thhttps://lernerbooks.com/shop/show/24707
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Detective Dogs: How Working Dogs Sniff Out Invasive SpeciesAlison Pearce StevensHoliday House97808234556456408/05/2025$20.993rd-5th | 6th-8thhttps://holidayhouse.com/book/detective-dogs/
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Firefly Song: Lynn Frierson Faust and the Great Smoky Mountain DiscoveryColleen PaeffJi-hyuk KimSimon & Schuster Children's Publishing / Margaret K. McElderry Books97816659318474006/10/2025$19.99K-2nd | 3rd-5thhttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Firefly-Song/Colleen-Paeff/9781665931847
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Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape, TheAmy AlznauerAnna BronCandlewick Press97815362294794803/04/2025$18.993rd-5thhttps://www.candlewick.com/9781536229479/the-five-sides-of-marjorie-rice-how-to-discover-a-shape/
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Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I. M. PeiJeanne Walker HarveyKhoa LeSimon & Schuster's Children's Publishing / Atheneum Books for Young Readers97816659533374005/27/2025$19.99K-2ndhttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Glass-Pyramid/Jeanne-Walker-Harvey/9781665953337
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Great Pollinator Count, TheSusan Edwards RichmondStephanie Fizer ColemanHoliday House / Peachtree97816826360843204/15/2025$18.99K-2ndhttps://www.peachtreebooks.com/book/the-great-pollinator-count/
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Green Maowusu, TheXuefei DuanXuefei DuanClavis Publishing97988906322414011/11/2025$20.95K-2nd | 3rd-5thhttps://www.clavis-publishing.com/new-books/p/the-green-maowusu
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Jeremy, the English Garden Snail: Heredity, Citizen Science, and #snailloveDarcy PattisonOlga GoninaMims House97816294425563202/04/2025$24.993rd-5th | 6th-8thhttps://mimshousebooks.com/products/jeremy
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Just in Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed VaultMegan ClendenanBrittany CiccheseCharlesbridge97816235448053210/14/2025$17.99K-2nd | 3rd-5thhttps://www.charlesbridge.com/products/just-in-case
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Many Voices: Building Erie, the Canal that Changed America Laurie LawlorHoliday House978082345563822408/19/2025$19.996th-8th | 9th-12thhttps://holidayhouse.com/book/many-voices/
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Measuring Up: How Oliver Smoot Became a Standard Unit of Measurement Jenny LacikaAnna BronCandlewick Press / MIT Kids Press97815362301233209/23/2025$18.99K-2nd | 3rd-5thhttps://www.candlewick.com/9781536230123/measuring-up-how-oliver-smoot-became-a-standard-unit-of-measurement/
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Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb: Young Readers Edition of AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerKai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin; Adapted by Eric S. SingerPenguin Young Readers / G.P. Putnam's Sons BFYR978059385645133605/13/2025$18.996th-8th | 9th-12thhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/748735/oppenheimer-and-the-atomic-bomb-by-kai-bird-and-martin-j-sherwin-adapted-by-eric-s-singer/
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Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and MeteoritesSandra Neil WallaceNancy CarpenterSimon & Schuster Children's Publishing / Paula Wiseman Books97815344933394810/14/2025$19.99K-2ndhttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Rock-Star/Sandra-Neil-Wallace/9781534493339
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Safe CrossingKari PercivalChronicle Books97817972145664801/07/2025$18.99K-2nd | 3rd-5thhttps://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=179721456X&g=4400
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Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll!: The Inventive Rube Goldberg—A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple MachinesCatherine ThimmeshShanda McCloskeyChronicle Books97814521442215605/06/2025$19.993rd-5thhttps://www.edelweiss.plus/#keywordSearch&q=9781452144221&page=1
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Spark: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in Creating the MicrophoneAinissa RamirezSetor FiadzigbeyCandlewick Press / MIT Kids Press97815362252804010/21/2025$18.993rd-5thhttps://www.candlewick.com/9781536225280/spark-jim-wests-electrifying-adventures-in-creating-the-microphone/
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Spider Lady: Nan Songer and Her Arachnid World War II Army, ThePenny Parker KlostermannAnne LambeletAstra Books for Young Readers / Calkins Creek97816626803594805/06/2025$18.993rd-5thhttps://astrapublishinghouse.com/product/the-spider-lady-9781662680359/
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Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the UniverseAmy S. Hansen and Wanda Díaz MercedRocio Arreola MendozaCharlesbridge97816235448744008/19/2025$18.993rd-5thhttps://www.charlesbridge.com/products/wanda-hears-the-stars
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Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater?: Jacques CousteauNed WolfeCaroline HuPenguin Young Readers / Penguin Workshop97805933856476411/04/2025$7.993rd-5thhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677354/who-discovered-how-to-breathe-underwater-jacques-cousteau-by-ned-wolfe-illustrated-by-caroline-hu/
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Who Owns the Moon?: And Other Conundrums of Exploring and Using SpaceCynthia Levinson and Jennifer SwansonHoliday House / Peachtree978168263537720801/14/2025$22.996th-8th | 9th-12thhttps://www.peachtreebooks.com/book/who-owns-the-moon/
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Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn'tSarah AlbeeChris HsuCharlesbridge97816235443244003/11/2025$17.993rd-5thhttps://www.charlesbridge.com/products/zero?_pos=1&_sid=194e2f1b6&_ss=r