We highly recommend this STEM-themed series from inclusive publisher Child’s Play.

In Rosa Explores Life Cycles, Rosa and her friends discover frogspawn and find out about what happens in the life cycle of a frog. The book doesn’t shy away from technical vocabulary, and young children will encounter words like amphibians, larva, gils, embryo and metamorphosis  – all explained by the children on their scientific learning quest in a narrative non-fiction style. The format is a board book with colourful illustrations, appealing to younger children but actually putting a vast amount of learning into little hands.

We like the diverse cast of characters, the matter-of-fact tone and the discovery-based approach to learning the story celebrates.