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JenSwanBooks STEM Author
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#STEM #Author of 45kids books: Spacecare,Astronaut-Aquanaut,Footprints Across the Planet. BRAIN GAMES w/NGKids Creator Solve It for Kids Science #podcast https://jenniferswansonbooks.com/
Day 2 of my Atlas Obscuras Explorer's Guide to Inventing the World tour! I met with sooo many amazing students, teachers, and educators. Plus a stop at @childrensbookworld.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @workmanpubkids.bsky.social for setting this up! #sciencerocks #readingrocks #stembooksforkids
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Just me, hanging with my "Lil Fri" enjoying the outdoors and learning about leaves. (See the one clutched in her little hand? She held it for awhile). 😊
You're never to young to start loving science! @scifri.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
So excited to have signed my UP PERISCOPE! book at the Library of Congress #nationalbookfestival with @veronicajamisonart.bsky.social Thank you so much Arkansas State Library for choosing UP PERISCOPE! my book about the #usnavy #hiddenfigure Raye Montague, as an Arkansas Gem and Great Reads book!
September 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
August 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If you're in the DC area, come on out to the @smithsonian to meet me and learn about the AWESOME new book I co-wrote with Dylan Thuras! #familyfun #stembooksforkids #stemactivities @workmanpubkids.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Woo hoo! Many thanks @slj.com for the awesome review of our new book!! Link to full review in comments. #stembooksforkids #kidsbookstagram #kidslovenonfiction @atlasobscura.com @workmanpubkids.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Happy Book Birthday to my new book: The Atlas Obscura Explorers Guide to Inventing the World!! I am so thrilled to have been a coauthor on this book w/Dylan Thuras.
If you love science, engineering, and history, this is the book for you! @workmanpubkids.bsky.social @atlasobscura.com #sciencerocks
August 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I can't believe its been 3 years since this book came out. Tons of kids have been inspired to consider what type of impact they will have on the planet. Share yours below!! #kidlit #stembooks
August 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thank you @scbwi.bsky.social for inviting me to be a part of your Summer Conference. I had TONS of fun talking about STEAM nonfiction books with all of the awesome attendees. #KidsLoveNonfiction #steambooks #stembooksforkids #STEMBooks @steamteambooks.bsky.social Read on for awesome mentor texts!
August 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Check out this awesome interview by @melissaroske.bsky.social of @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social blog with Dylan Thuras and me about our new book coming out on August 12th! @workmanpubkids.bsky.social @atlasobscura.com @steamteambooks.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Looking for ways to use #sciencebooks in your #classroom? Check out this video that highlights the amazing ways one awesome teacher used a couple of my #STEMBooks. Thanks Ms. Erika! You ROCK! #sciencerocks #teachers @steamteambooks.bsky.social
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Calling all #nonfiction kidlit writers. Join me at the SCBWI summer virtual conference to learn the 3 C's in crafting interesting and exciting STEAM manuscripts that will engage readers of all ages and (hopefully) also agents or editors. Spots are still available. Sign up now!
@scbwi.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Love #science and #history? THIS is the book for you! Enjoy an exciting and intriguing exploration of the world’s most interesting technologies, inventions, and scientific discoveries in this illustrated STEM-oriented book. GREAT for curious kids
PRE-ORDER NOW with the @barnesandnoble.com code!!
July 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
THRILLED that my book, UP Periscope!, illus by @veronicajamisonart.bsky.social is the Arkansas' 2025 Great Reads Selection for the The Library of Congress National Book Festival! AND, I get to go there to sign it in the Arkansas booth #sciencerocks #stembooksforkids #WomenInSTEM #KidsLoveNonfiction
June 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Looking to start writing nonfiction books for kids? We can help! I'm excited to be teaching this course with the awesome Christine Taylor-Butler and guest editor Eileen Robinson virtually through @highlightsfound.bsky.social . Join us for some nonfiction writing fun! @steamteambooks.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Want to learn more about space exploration? And the #Artemis mission? Check out this book! It's perfect for summer reading @cylev.bsky.social @peachtreepub #space #kidlit #stem @steamteambooks.bsky.social #sciencebooks jenniferswansonbooks.com/who-owns-the...
May 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My new book about amazing scientists at the Field Museum received a Junior Gold Standard selection! Thanks so much, JLG!! Coming from @charlesbridge.bsky.social October 2025. @steamteambooks.bsky.social #stembookforkids #womeninstem 🧪

PREORDER HERE--> lnkd.in/efsPajJA
May 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I am BEYOND thrilled to reveal the cover of my new book with @atlasobscura.com and @workmanpubkids.bsky.social

Following up on the New York Times bestselling Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid, here is a globe-spanning history of invention like no other.
April 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Follow along with the Field Museum's Rapid Inventory Team as they collaborate with local Indigenous Peoples, organizations, and governments to help protect a very special area of the Amazon Rainforest!
PREORDER NOW! @charlesbridge.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #kidsbooks #conservation 🧪
April 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
SO FUN to see my books in German! #authorlife #writers @steamteambooks.bsky.social 🧪 #science
March 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM