This list is intended to boost the STEM-related resources in a K-8 library.  It includes STEM graphic novels, biographies, and nonfiction.

Easy Readers are appropriate for beginning or emerging independent readers, usually between the ages of five and eight.  They have text and illustrations on the same page, but are not as lushly illustrated as a picture book.  Sentences are short and simple and the font is large.

Graphic novels are not comic books.  These works are highly accessible and attractive with complicated storylines and characters.  This list is intended for K-8 collections.  Many graphic novels deal with adult themes and situtaions and those are not included in this list.  Most CMSD libraries, especially K-8, do not have strong graphic novel collections, but students love reading this genre.

This is a list of recommended picture books that have been published in the last five years. 

Spanish language or bilingual picture books and easy readers.  Note that CMSD recommends intershelving Spanish titles with their companion English titles instead of shelving them in a foreign language section under 468.

Please note this list includes selection for grades 3-12 and anyone using this list as a purchasing guide should review for age appropriateness and reading level before purchasing.

These books are appropriate for mature middle school students and high schools students.