STEM Books for Kids
Don't Step in the Lava!
What happens when the best miner in the village takes her friends on a field trip? Tom just wants coal for his oven, and Max dreams of portals to another dimension - but Jill has a bubbling, glowing surprise waiting deep underground. Can they chip away at the hardest block in the world without taking one wrong step? Whatever you do, don’t step in the lava! This decodable reader practises ci/si/ti making /sh/ in words such as ‘mission,’ ‘vacation,’ ‘ancient,’ and ‘patient.’
Don't Touch Jin's Pen!
Jin’s shiny ink pen is strictly off-limits - the sign on his desk says so! But when Rin sneaks into his drawer one quiet afternoon, she finds a mysterious little black block that makes paper clips leap through the air. What could it possibly be? And when Jin’s precious pen rolls somewhere it absolutely shouldn’t, can Rin’s clever discovery save the day? This decodable reader practises 3+ syllable words such as ‘afternoon,’ ‘mysterious,’ ‘caterpillar,’ and ‘discovery.’
Not Done Yet!
Dr. Can Do has a brilliant plan for every cottage in the village - warm carpets, cosy floors, and piles of wool in every colour you can imagine! But shearing a whole flock by hand takes so much energy. Could a gentle machine help? And what happens when his friend Jill suggests hiring a villager to run a brand-new Wool Shop? This decodable reader practises soft g words such as ‘gentle,’ ‘huge,’ ‘village,’ ‘gem,’ and ‘imagine.’
Don't Stop the Bridge!
Jill is standing on the edge of a gigantic lava lake, and the only way across is a bridge that doesn’t exist yet! Can Dr Can Do’s strange new machine really build a path over all that bubbling orange sludge? And what happens when a clever invention turns out to have one tiny, terrifying problem? Join Jill, her cat, and one very mischievous mage for a brave dash through the Nether. This decodable reader practises the soft g sound in words like ‘bridge,’ ‘huge,’ ‘mage,’ and ‘village.’