Top reads for National Science Week

For the children who ask 'Why?'

• A to Z of science: a visual dictionary for curious scientists by Basher
• DK children's encyclopedia: the book that explains everything
• Questions and answers about weather  by Katie Daynes
• The everyday journeys of ordinary things: from phones to food and from post to poop... the ways the world works by Libby Deutsch
• National Geographic Little kids first big book of science by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
• Ask a scientist: professor Robert Winston answers 100 big questions from kids around the world! by Robert Winston

For the inventors

• The zoom, fly, bolt, blast steam handbook: build 18 innovative projects with brain power by Lance Akiyama
• What do machines do all day? by Jo Nelson
• Leonardo's science workshop: invent, create, and make STEAM projects like a genius by Heidi Olinger  

• 100 easy STEAM activities: awesome hands-on projects for aspiring artists and engineers by Andrea Scalzo Yi

• 101 brilliant things for kids to do with science by Dawn Isaac

• Home lab: exciting experiments for budding scientists by Robert Winston

For the astronomers

• The book of space rockets by Neil Clark
• Why does the Earth need the moon? by Dr. Devin Dennie
• When the stars come out by Nicola Edwards
• The race to space by Clive Gifford
• Odd science: spectacular space by James Olstein
• Science for exploring outer space by Mark Thompson

For the zoologists

• The ultimate animal counting book by Jennifer Cossins
• Fanatical about frogs by Owen Davey
• The sea book: meet the marvellous creatures living in our oceans by Charlotte Milner
• Helen Ahpornsiri's beneath the water by Lily Murray
• Odd science: incredible creatures by James Olstein
• Meet the minibeasts by Sarah Ridley

For the experimenters and makers

• Super slime! Make the perfect slime every time with 30 fantastic recipes by Susan Akass
• Science you can eat: putting what we eat under the microscope by Stefan Gates
• Kitchen science lab for kids: 52 mouth-watering recipes, and the everyday science that makes them taste amazing by Liz Lee
• Science is magic: amaze your friends with spectacular science experiments by Steve Mould
• Science lab: fantastic activities for young scientists by Robert Winston

For the dinosaur experts

• Dinosaurs and other prehistoric life by Chris Barker
• Dictionary of dinosaurs : an illustrated A to Z of every dinosaur ever discovered ed. Dr Matthew G. Baron
• Dinosaurs: travel through millions of years to see the birth and death of the dinosaurs by Liz Gogerly
• Lifesize dinosaurs by Sophy Henn
• Mammals, birds and other vertebrates by Clare Hibbert
• Prehistoric by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

For the naturalists

• The wonder of trees by Nicola Davies
• Rock spotter by Dan Green
• Seeds move! by Robin Page

For the environmentalists

• You can change the world by Lucy Bell
• The Usborne book of planet Earth by Megan Cullis
• Beetles for breakfast by Madeleine Finlay
• What a waste: rubbish, recycling, and protecting our planet by Jess French
• 100 things to know about saving the planet by Rose Hall
• Climate change by Izzi Howell
• A planet full of plastic and how you can help by Neal Layton
• If polar bears disappeared by Lily Williams

For the science history buff

Finally, to learn from the influencers of the past, check out the following titles.

• Stand up for the future: a celebration of inspirational young Australians
• Super scientists: 40 inspiring icons by Anne Blanchard
• Stories for boys who dare to be different 2: further true tales of amazing boys who changed the world without killing dragons by Ben Brooks
• Darwin: An exceptional voyage by Fabien Grolleau
• Brilliant ideas from wonderful women by Aitziber Lopez
• Fantastically great women who worked wonders by Kate Pankhurst
• Ten women who changed science, and the world by Catherine Whitlock

Scientist Storytime

STEAM themed picture books

• Argh! there's a skeleton inside you! by Idan Ben-Barak
• Ada Twist, scientist by by Andrea Beaty
• Give me some space! by Philip Bunting
• The big beyond: the story of space travel by James Carter 
• The imagineer by Christopher Cheng and Lucia Masciullo
• Jabari tries by Gaia Cornwall
• My mad scientist mummy by Rina Fu
• Ouch! tales of gravity by Kate Simpson and Andy Hardiman
• Peppa in space ad. Lauren Holowaty
• Izzy Gizmo and the invention convention by Pip Jones and Sara Ogilvie
• Incredible freedom machines by Kirli Saunders
• Dream big, little scientists by Michelle Schaub
• A scientist like me by Dr Shini Somara with Catherine Coe
• Diggersaurs mission to Mars by Michael Whaite