For teachers and educators
STEM stories for curious classrooms
Clouds and weather, colour mixing, maps, and a young inventor who learns by sweeping the workshop first. Read one, then build the scene, explore the story map, or find the places on the globe.
4 books in this collection
Books in this collection
The Cloud Collector
An Enchanting Illustrated STEM Storybook About Clouds, Weather, and Letting Go – Discovering the Wonders of the Sky for Curious Kids Ages 4–8
Luna loves the sky. The way clouds change shape, drift across the horizon, dance with the wind. When Grandpa Chen gives her a butterfly net and a glass jar, she sets out into the meadow with one big plan: collect one cloud of every kind. She meets cumulus clouds that float just out of reach, wispy cirrus painted high across the sky, and slowly learns that some things are too beautiful to keep. A picture book about wonder, attention, and the gift of letting beautiful things stay where they are.
⭐FeaturedThe Day the Colors Got Mixed Up
A Color Theory Adventure with Pixel and Hawel
Hawel wakes to find every color in the world swapped, banana blue, toast purple, sky doing something it shouldn't. With Pixel the butterfly, she sets off to find the Color Keeper and learn how red, yellow, and blue make every other color. A gentle first lesson in color theory.
The Little Mapmaker
An Enchanting Illustrated Storybook About Imagination, Creativity, and Maps – A Magical Drawing Adventure for Curious Kids Ages 4–8
Maya is five, and she draws maps. Maps of her bedroom. Maps of the kitchen. Maps of the backyard with the tire swing. Her dog Pepper sits beside her with a red bandana while she works. Then one day Maya draws a castle deep in the tall grass, and when she walks out to find it, it is exactly where she put it. Soon a river runs through a crack in the sidewalk because she sketched fish in it. A picture book about how imagination, attention, and a pencil are enough to make a world.
Heidi's Journey to Mastery
An Inspiring Illustrated STEM Storybook About Perseverance, Patience, and Learning by Doing – A Young Inventor's Growth Mindset Story for Kids Ages 5–9
Seven-year-old Heidi dreams of inventions. Solar cars. Wind-turbine bridges. A small robot to clean the lake outside her grandfather Anders's workshop in Granholm. So when she finally crosses the threshold expecting gears and tools, she is surprised when he hands her a broom. Month after month, she sweeps. Then she sorts parts. Then she watches. Then she asks. A picture book about the slow patient road from dreaming to making.
For the grown-up
Printables for this collection
Classroom printables pack
The three printables teachers reach for most, in one download: the parent and teacher guide with discussion prompts for every story, the follow-up activity sheets, and the bilingual flashcards for vocabulary warm-ups.
Inside the pack:
- Parent & Teacher Guide
- Follow-Up Activities
- Bilingual Flashcards