Extreme STEM in the Mountains

 

Extreme STEM in the Mountains is a well illustrated STEM nonfiction book for young readers (Lexile 550L, ~7-9 years) and part of the Extreme Stem series by Noah Leatherland. Released 1st Aug 2025 by Mackin on their North Star Editions imprint, it's 24 pages and is available in hardcover (library binding) and paperback formats. 

STEM education is vital across the board for everyone, and there's a serious dearth of good engaging selections which meet kids where they are, engage their interests, and inform/educate. This book is not super technical, it's not difficult, but it does manage to make technology and engineering in mountainous terrain interesting in the context of sports which use equipment/technology/physics to perform safely. It's a very short book, light on text, fully illustrated and photographed throughout in color. The author/publisher have included a short glossary and abbreviated index. 

Anyhow.  STEM book for kids, and it's an interesting one for the target audience. It would be a good choice for public or school library acquisition, home use, or gift giving.

Three and a half stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes