Book Recommendations

Here are a few books that I love. In the list I have included story books, STEAM activity books and even guides for STEAM educators.

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Unplugged Tots: Introduce Children to the Foundations of Computer Coding

Lots of creative ideas in how to introduce coding without a screen and with everyday activities. Beautiful comic style story book illustrations.

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Walter's Wonderful Web

This is one of my favourite books to read to children. It's about Walter, the spider who never gives up and creates the most magical shapes with his web.

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Beautiful Oops

This book helps children see that getting something “wrong” can actually be the start of something new, with clear illustrations and hands-on pull-out sections to explore.

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The Mixed-up Chameleon

An imaginative story how a chameleon starts taking on body parts of different animals to create a crazy creature. But realising that being yourself is the best!

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Art Playroom: Make a home art space for kids

I used this book to inspire my own setup at home - it's great for organisation tips, layout and materials lists.

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The Odd Fish

A gentle story with an important message about ocean/river pollution.

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The Most Magnificent Thing

This is great for showing children about perfectionism. How our ideas sometimes don't turn out the way we want to but how important it is to stay calm and persevere with our ideas.

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