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  • Published: 9 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781623546212
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $38.00

How To Explain Aerospace Engineering to a Grown-Up

  • Ruth Spiro


The best-selling author of the Baby Loves Science series levels up with this playful STEM picture book introducing kids (and grown-ups) to aerospace engineering.

The best-selling author of the Baby Loves Science series levels up with this playful STEM picture book introducing kids (and grown-ups) to aerospace engineering.

Do you want to know a secret? Sometimes grown-ups need YOU to explain things to THEM. Like aerospace engineering!

In this tongue-in-cheek guide, an in-the-know narrator instructs kid readers in the fine art of explaining aerospace engineering to a grown-up. Both children and their adults learn how birds, airplanes, and spacecraft fly. Along the way, they explore air pressure, lift, thrust, and drag. 

Fun and fact-filled, the How to Explain Science to a Grown-Up series empowers kid experts to explore complex scientific concepts with any grown-up who will listen.

  • Published: 9 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781623546212
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $38.00

Praise for How To Explain Aerospace Engineering to a Grown-Up

Praise for the How to Explain Science to a Grown-Up series:

  • Purdue Engineering's "Top Five Reviewed Gifts"
  • Smithsonian Magazine "Ten Engineer-Seleted STEM Toys to Give as Gifts"
  • NPR Science Friday "Best Science Books for Kids"
  • "So witty and funny, you might not realize how much you and your kid are learning."--Forbes, "Ultimate Holiday STEM Gift Guide"
  • "A fantastic resource for introducing children to robotics. This book educates and inspires, making it a valuable addition to any children’s library."--School Library Journal, starred review