STEM books for 6-8 year olds

Rocket dreams of being an astronaut and is super excited for the meteor shower… but will she see it? This book is the perfect mix of fact and fiction; Rocket offers a wonderful variety of science facts throughout the book.

Meet the mole on a mission to get to the moon! We love this story, inspired by the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. It offers plenty of opportunities to discuss gravity, engineering and up-cycling.

A beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book which explores the water cycle. We love the rhythm and pace of this book, perfect for reading aloud.

A rhyming non-fiction picture book about the life of bees, and how honey is made. This is perfect for exploring nature, and also shows how bees communicate. Bee fans might also like to explore Britta’s similar books, Tree and Moon.

A great non-fiction book that lifts the lid on eight animal habitats- above and below the surface. We love the detail in this nature book.

All kinds of different animal migrate across the world, and this book explores just a few. Perfect for discussing distance and time, with a huge variety of different animals to discover.

The Wow! series is a fantastic set of books exploring nature and the environment. We especially love Wow! Oceans, as it's packed full of fascinating ocean facts.

This non-fiction picture book about microbes and bacteria is excellent for explaining complex ideas about the environment and the world around us- as well as the importance of basic hygiene and why we wash our hands!

A step-by-step guide to all the tiny details you need to consider when creating a city. Great for discussions around engineering, maths and architecture.

This beautiful wordless picture book is an absolute treat for the imagination. A boy finds a camera which has been washed up on the beach, and is amazed to discover the different images of the ocean it has captured. From photography to marine life and even plastic pollution, this story touches on a number of important science topics.

Milton the spider is caught up in a web of fake news when he is branded deadly, and he has to spread the truth instead. This book is full of great facts about spiders, and it's also a great tool to start conversations about using the internet and social media responsibly.

During the day, Rosie is quiet and reserved. But at night she comes alive as an engineer – building and creating her own contraptions. When her aunt visits, she's determined to make her dreams come true in the shape of her own flying machine! This fun picture book is a great introduction to engineering, as well as the idea of experimenting and trying again when things don't work out first time.

When a little fir sapling is in distress, she uses her roots to ask for help – but will anyone in the forest hear her? This lovely story about a tree and it's woodland community is a great metaphor for exploring ecosystems, biodiversity and the science of how trees communicate with one another.

Did you know some T-Rex teeth are the same length as a banana? In this highly illustrated picture book you can meet diplodocuses, velociraptors and more and learn about their size, diets and habitats, along with plenty of fun facts! This is the ideal book for any budding palaeontologists.

Everything is made of something – it's just too small for us to see! Melissa Castrillón's beautiful illustrations introduce the reader to atoms and nanotechnology and how they make up everything in the world around us.