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On the 8th Day of STEMas, STEM Spark raffled off, a copy of To the Rescue: Geeger the Robot . Perfect mix of robots and laughs for the young reader in your life. Enter using the Rafflecopter below or link here. Happy STEM-ing!

On the 3rd Day of STEMas, STEM Spark raffled off the Layla and the Bots: Making Waves (4th in series)! We're hooked on these fun and every page illustrated chapter books-- perfect for kids 6-10 (plus/minus a year)! Enter Rafflecopter below or link here , and please US Citizens only. Happy STEM-ing!

Wow STEM Sparkers! Summer is right around the corner. Jack has only 2 more weeks of school, but I know for a lot of kids, summer break has already begun. We're planning to send Jack to an in-person, day camp for most of his summer break, but there will be one week between end of camp and beginning of school where he'll be home. Bobby and I will have to work, so I'm hoping I keep to keep him engaged and entertained with one of the Virutal STEAM Summer Camps listed below. 1

STEM Sparkers, we have made it to March! I do sincerely hope that everyone is safe and healthy after the crazy winter storms and you...

Happy February STEM Sparkers! The weather is pretty awesome in Phoenix right now, and I get to talk to STEM author Jennifer Swanson on...

Hi STEM Sparkers! Thanks for coming back this week. Because this week is Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) week! Woot, woot! ...

Hi STEM Sparkers! I hope you are well this week. COVID19 case numbers keep going up, so please stay safe and healthy; I care for you...

I'm nerding out right now STEM Sparkers! I got to interview author Laurie Wallmark (and I'm pretty sure I was only mildly nerdy and...

Hi STEM Sparkers! I feel very lucky that STEM Authors want to keep being interviewed by me, and I couldn't be more thrilled that Vicky...

Hi STEM Sparkers! Today it is my pleasure to introduce you all to STEM author Orion Razat. This author wrote a book titled 101 STEM...

Yay! May the Fourth is almost upon us STEM Sparkers! One, you may be like what is May the Fourth: we covered the holiday last year in...

Hi STEM Sparkers! I'm excited because today we have an interview with author Kirsten W. Lawson who has written tons of nonfiction books...

Hi STEM Sparkers! Remember last year when we talked about 10 STEM picture books for Women's History Month? Well, there's been a bunch...

Happy Women's History Month STEM Sparkers! We're kicking off the month with an interview from aerospace engineer (aka rocket scientist!)...

As a female engineer, supporting diversity in my profession is close to my heart and supporting diversity in children's book is an...

I'm super excited about our next STEM author interview on STEM Spark, as she's a fellow engineer who has not 1, but 2, nonfiction STEM...

Welcome back STEM Sparkers to our holiday STEM product reviews and giveaways! The product we're reviewing this week was recommended to us by a few of our engineering friends, and I have to say, it's a pretty cool STEM product: it's the the Kamigami Robot Lina Ladybug! But before we jump into this review, a little robot humor. What kind of droids live at the North Pole? Snobots! Har, har, har (groan)! Will your kids like it and/or will you hate it? Jack keep asking when w

Happy Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and Festivus for the rest of us STEM Sparkers! To celebrate these wonderful holidays, we're giving away a Goldiblox DIY Glowing Unicorn Pillow! I mean, nothing sparks STEM joy like a light up unicorn pillow, am I right? And it is one sharp pillow (get it? alright let's move on)! Will your kids like it and/or will you hate it? Jack was very excited when he opened the mail box the pillow kit came in. He screamed Unicorn Pillow! I was also v

Alright, it's that time of year again where STEM Spark recommends some STEM books for your Black Friday and other holiday shopping. But not only is STEM Spark recommending these books, we're raffling off a bundle of these books to one lucky STEM Spark reader! First up will be STEM book recommendations for kids, and then make sure to scroll all the way through to the bottom for your chance to win the book giveaway! STEM Books for Kids: STEM books for YA: And finally STEM book

Hello fellow STEM Sparkers! It's back to school time here in Phoenix, so we're loading up on fish. Oh wait, not a school of fish, school that teaches students, K-12. Now that the pun is out of the way, we'll be doing some back to school book reviews of various STEM children books during the whole month of August. Stick us through the end of the month because we plan to raffle of an Amazon gift card so that one lucky STEM Sparker can buy one of these cool STEM books that