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Building & Engineering Books for Ages 12–18 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Building & Engineering Books for Ages 12–18

Explore our collection of children's books about building & engineering recommended for kids ages 12–18.

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Cover of Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor

Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor

Learn how snowflakes form and why golf balls have dimples as you get hands-on instructions for building your own inventi

Cover of LEGO Heroes: LEGO Builders Changing Our World—One Brick at a Time

LEGO Heroes: LEGO Builders Changing Our World—One Brick at a Time

Graham E. Hancock

For the child who loves to build and wants to change the world. Discover how real people use LEGO bricks to solve global

Cover of Incredible Stadiums

Incredible Stadiums

Justin Eisinger

For the curious child who marvels at massive structures and wants to know how the world's greatest arenas are designed,

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Science Comics #12

Skyscrapers: The Heights of Engineering

John Kerschbaum

For the curious child who stares up at the city skyline wondering how those massive buildings don't fall over in the win

Ages 9–13

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The World of the Future #2

Kenneth Gatland, David Jefferis

For the child who loves to design and build, this vintage guide offers a fascinating look at how yesterday's experts ima

Cover of Building the Book Cathedral

David Macaulay's Illustrated Histories

Building the Book Cathedral

Thirteenth-century stonecutters and craftsmen labor for generations to raise a massive Gothic cathedral from the ground

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Maker Comics #1

Colleen AF Venable

A helpful robot named Toaster leads the way through comic-style steps to help you assemble six of your very own mechanic

Cover of The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur

The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur

For the child who is fascinated by 'what-ifs' and how things work, this tells the jaw-dropping true story of a lake that

Cover of Engineering

Learn why specific materials are chosen for skyscrapers and bridges while uncovering the scientific secrets that keep ou

Cover of The Top Secret Toys

Vincent Shadow #2

The Top Secret Toys

Twelve-year-old inventor Vincent Shadow must protect his secret laboratory when a neighborhood troublemaker discovers hi

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All of the Above

Shelley Pearsall

Four inner-city students find themselves bonded by a surprising goal: building the world’s largest tetrahedron while nav

Cover of Wildlife Crossings of Hope: Connecting Creatures Around the Globe

Wildlife Crossings of Hope: Connecting Creatures Around the Globe

Teddi Lynn Chichester

For the child who loves animals and wants to help, this book explores how bridges, tunnels, and dam removals are creatin

Cover of Flying Machines: How the Wright Brothers Soared

Flying Machines: How the Wright Brothers Soared

For the curious child who loves taking things apart to see how they work, this graphic novel turns the complex physics o

Cover of Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon

Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon

Catherine Thimmesh

For the child who wonders how big dreams actually happen. This behind-the-scenes look reveals the massive, coordinated e

Cover of Immigrants Who Built an Empire

You Choose: Industrial Revolution

Immigrants Who Built an Empire

Jessica Gunderson

For the child curious about how the world around them was built and the courageous people who left everything behind to

Cover of What Were the Twin Towers?

What Were the Twin Towers?

For the child asking big questions about 9/11 and the New York City skyline, this book provides a gentle but honest hist

Cover of Rise of the G.E.M.S.

Rise of the G.E.M.S.

For the child who loves tinkering and technology but needs a boost of confidence to lead, this adventure celebrates how

Cover of The Lightbulb

Turning Point Inventions

Joseph E. Wallace

For the child who asks how everything works, this history of the lightbulb illuminates the grit and experimentation requ

Cover of Awesome 8

Jen Agresta, Sarah Wassner Flynn

Count down the greatest of the great with this visual guide to the top eight coolest things on the planet, from record-b

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Encyclopedia Prehistorica #1

Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart

For the child who is captivated by the prehistoric world and loves to see how things work. This engineering marvel bring

Cover of Historic Houses of Great Britain

Puffin Picture Books #118

Historic Houses of Great Britain

Helen Leacroft, Richard Leacroft

For the curious student who loves to peek inside buildings and wonder how families lived hundreds of years ago.

Cover of Wonder Women of Science: Twelve Geniuses Who Are Currently Rocking Science, Technology, and the World

Wonder Women of Science: Twelve Geniuses Who Are Currently Rocking Science, Technology, and the World

Tiera Fletcher, Ginger Rue

For the girl who loves to ask how things work, these real-life stories of modern trailblazers show that scientific succe

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Max Axiom: STEM Adventures

The Remarkable World of Robots

Agnieszka Biskup

Super scientist Max Axiom takes a high-energy journey through the engineering and technology behind the robots that work

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The Absolute Value of Mike

Kathryn Erskine

Mike may lack his father’s genius for math, but a summer spent with eccentric relatives and a town fundraising project p

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