Gift Ideas for Kids Who Love The Martian
Andy Weir’s science fiction has encouraged a whole new generation of readers to aim for the stars.
SOMETHING YOU WANT
Once upon a time, we told time by the stars; now you can track the changes in the night sky on your watch. The glowing watch face makes the effect extra-cool for nighttime stargazing.
xkcd’s poster shows “the height you would have to climb upward in constant Earth surface gravity to spend the same amount of energy as it would take to escape the given planet completely.”
Give your lego space cre- ations a healthy boost of girl power with legos, including astronauts like Mae Jemison and engineers like Nancy Roaman (part of the set with the Hubble Space telescope).
SOMETHING YOU NEED
2020 The Year in Space Calendar
Never miss a meteor shower or moon phase.
SOMETHING TO WEAR
Don’t let a little thing like the laws of the universe keep you from your space dreams.
SOMETHING TO READ
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in Space by Mary Roach
If you’ve got a reader who’s always ready for an excuse to hang with the gang from River Heights, one of these gifts might be a fun addition to your holiday wish list.
Our homeschool gift guide for A Wrinkle in Time readers features gifts inspired by classic literature, from t-shirts to kitchen tools and everything in-between.
What makes a great gift for your favorite Mysterious Benedict Society fan? Puzzling puzzles, in-case-of-emergency-supplies, and — of course — books.
Here’s our annual roundup of all the books we want to give and get this holiday season.
Be a magical librarian, choose your own adventure, get your Shakespeare on, and more games we want to give and get and (mostly) play this holiday season. These are our favorite homeschool board games.
If you’ve got a kid who finds the humor in this hilarious apocalyptic tale, these gifts may be just the ticket.
Give your favorite tween the tools she needs to be a savvy business founder.
Andy Weir’s science fiction has encouraged a whole new generation of readers to aim for the stars.
Foodie kids will love gadgets, gear, and inspiration for their kitchen adventures.
Inspire STEM-minded learners with gifts that encourage them to experiment, assemble, and create.
Graphic novels that really get it inspire a shopping list of playful presents.
All the books we want to give and get in 2019.
As I’ve said before, we follow the “something you want, something you need, something to wear, something to read” guide for holiday giving, and nerdy t-shirts are our favorites for something to wear. All of these witty tees made my short list this year.
Amy Sharony is the founder and editor-in-chief of home | school | life magazine. She's a pretty nice person until someone starts pluralizing things with apostrophes, but then all bets are off.
A Note About Affiliate Links on HSL: HSL earns most of our income through subscriptions. (Thanks, subscribers!) We are also Amazon affiliates, which means that if you click through a link on a book or movie recommendation and end up purchasing something, we may get a small percentage of the sale. (This doesn’t affect the price you pay.) We use this money to pay for photos and web hosting. We use these links only if they match up to something we’re recommending anyway — they don’t influence our coverage. You can learn more about how we use affiliate links here.