Hello STEM Sparkers! STEM Spark hopes you all are enjoying your March and Women's History Month. This week's post combines our love of STEM, picture books and history, so without further ado here's the list of ten picture books that feature Women in STEM. Check out one to all ten from your local library or bookstore!
1) Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor (People Who Shaped Our World)
2) A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon
3) I am Jane Goodall (Ordinary People Change the World)
4) Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge
5) Mae Among the Stars
6) Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
7) Sweet Dreams, Sarah: From Slavery to Inventor
8) The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague (Amazing Scientists)
9) Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
10) Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
We hope you enjoyed this list of our some of our favorite Women in STEM picture books! And of course there are tons more wonderful Women in STEM picture books, so leave a comment if we left your favorite off!
Also, since it's Suzie's birthday this month in addition to Women's History Month, we want to celebrating by raffling off a $10 Amazon e-gift card (perhaps to get one of the above awesome books ;-))! Just use the Rafflecopter below (or clink the link here)! This raffle is open to anyone with an email address! Happy celebrating STEM Sparkers!