In each of my posts, I include book recommendations for each weekly theme. You can read details about all the books in the posts I list below. I’ve also gathered all these books together into a spreadsheet you can download here. There are 150 books, sorted by theme.
These are all books suitable for children age 3 – 7. They include
- non-fiction,
- a category I think of as “non-fiction ideas with a story-line” – in other words it reads more like a story, but everything in it is fact-based, and
- fiction – “flights of fancy” books in my class to inspire creativity and passion
Topics included in the spreadsheet:
- Chemistry: States of Matter, Mixtures and Solutions, Reactions
- Physics: Magnets, Gravity; Light and Shadow, Rainbows
- Zoology: Dinosaurs
- Astronomy: Stars and Constellations; Planets and Space Travel
- Geology:Earth and Earthquakes; Rocks
I get most of my books from my local library. If you want to purchase a book, I encourage you to use Bookshop.org, where proceeds benefit your local independent bookstore. If you’re going to purchase some from Amazon, please consider clicking on this affiliate link– then I get a small referral fee for anything you end up buying – at no cost to you – it helps support my work here.
More Book Recommendations
- 175 Recommended Kids’ Books about Engineering
- 100 Recommended Kids’ Books about Biology
- Kids’ Books about Inventors and Makers
- Picture Perfect Science by Ansberry and Morgan
- National Science Teachers’ Association (NSTA) “Outstanding Science Trade Books” for that year.
- Children’s Book Council Best STEM Books of the year.

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