Best Science Books for Kids

We love to read! We love science! We love science books for kids. I have a young scientist on my hands.  Many of his favorites books are his kids science books. We have or have read each and every book on this list. Our favorite books engaging, entertaining, and filled with learning opportunities. Cozy up on the couch or take them outside! This list of science books for kids is sure to please everyone. Pair with our favorite science experiments!

Awesome Science Books for Kids

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We have definitely enjoyed all these kids science books on this list! The best part of all of these kids science books, besides the science,  is that they are each part of a whole collection of other great books! We love the Usborne See Inside books for how they illustrate what’s happening. The Magic School Bus makes science an adventure and there are so many to read! The Let’s Read and Find Out series has different levels of books from very simple explanations to more in depth explanations. Again so many to choose from!

OUR FAVORITE SCIENCE BOOKS FOR KIDS

1. How Things Work {See Inside} | Conrad Mason

This is just so cool. We can look at this together or it is a great book for him to look at independently. The illustrations and flaps offer so much to enjoy and talk about.

2. Inventions | Alex Frith

Similar to above! Osborne has so many of these books including ones for math, science, our bodies, and more.

3. What’s Under The Bed | Mick Manning

This one is perfect for studying the layers of the Earth! My son loves to see what he will find in each level from ants to precious stones to magma. Plus it’s all under a little boy’s bed.

4. What Is The World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gasses | Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld 

This is one of the Let’s Read and Find Out science series books. Great illustrations and easy to understand.

5. Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn | Melvin Berger

Another of the Let’s Read and Find Out series that helps answer questions I didn’t have answers for! Especially since sneezing, shivering, hiccuping and yawning aren’t things we really control.

6. My 5 Senses | Aliki

Another Let’s Read and Find Out book that we paired with this simple 5 Senses Discovery Table. Perfect for preschool!

7. Berenstain Bears’ Big Book of Science and Nature | Stan and Jan Berenstain

This huge book {over 200 pages} includes many great concepts! From seasons to science fairs with birds, trees, mammals, and more in between. I have read this one over and over again. It is by far the most well loved of our kids science books on this list! I have even read it all in one sitting.

8. Bartholomew and the Oobleck | Dr. Seuss

Have you ever made Oobleck? Although the book doesn’t actually talk about the science of Oobleck, it’s a great book to pair with making Oobleck. Check out our easy Oobleck recipe and learn a little about Non-Newtonian Fluids.

9. What Lives in a Shell | kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

We go to the beach every year! It was fun to guess about who lived in what shell and also pair it with this book.

10. There’s No Place Like Space | Tish Rabe

Follow the Cat in the Hat on a journey through space with simple facts about our solar system. There are also many more of these books that cover different topics!

11. Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body | Joanna Cole

We have seen the shows and we also love the books. Ms. Frizzle makes science an adventure. This is one of our particular favorites as the bus makes it’s way inside one of the students bodies to check it out!

12. How Do You Lift a Lion | Wells

This is also part of a series that talks about simple machines and how things can move or be moved.

13. Move It!: Motion , Forces, and You |Adrienne Mason

We enjoyed looking through this at a friends house! It’s not in our collection yet, but we enjoyed it!

What are your favorite kids science books?  

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Oops that’s 13 books on our fun kids science books list! I bet I could add 13 more too! These books can work all through preschool and even into kindergarten or early elementary! Not only do we love to read about science, we love to test science. Make sure to check out our best collections of over 35  Science Activities for Kids , our Classic Science Experiments List, and our newest post for a Mad Science Week Long Summer Camp! Use these links or click on pictures below!