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5 children's books that teach valuable engineering lessons

  • Written by Michelle Forsythe, Assistant Professor of STEM Education, Texas State University
imageEngineering lessons can be found in many books kids already have at home or their local library. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Most people think of the children’s classic “Charlotte’s Web” as a story of devoted friendship between a spider and a pig. But it can also be read as a story of a budding engineer...

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