The 5 Best Electricity Books for Kids

Do you want to incorporate more literature and nonfiction texts into your Science unit on Electricity? Then this list of the best electricity books is for you! After all:

Science + Picture Books = Happy Teacher

This hilarious story is set in the year 1903. At the turn of the century, the Tweedle family wants to buy a car… and they want an electric one! Your students will love this original take on “gas” vs. “electric”. Plus there are so many hidden gems like the fact that the car is the colour green or that the kids call it “smart”.

• The benefits of an electric car

The Tweedles Go Electric

The Magic School Bus series is a classic for a reason! Students will love the tales of this wacky teacher and you will love the annotated diagrams and accurate scientific information.

• electrical safety
• lightning
• creating electricity
• power plants
• renewable or clean sources of energy
• atoms and electrons
• parts of a light bulb
• uses of electricity

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The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip

Oscar and the Bird is a quick read, perfect for introducing your electricity unit! The story follows a cat named Oscar as he learns about electricity from a bird.

• What electricity is for
• How electricity works
• What electricity is made from

This book is very clever! Each section provides a ton of information. However, the highlight is that there is a silly joke on every other page. This book is a great informational text to read aloud because the jokes really break up the information for students, allowing them to focus for a longer period of time.

• atoms
• static electricity
• natural sources of electricity
• Benjamin Franklin
• lightning
• batteries
• magnetism and magnets
• circuits
• electromagnetism
• motors

Shockingly Silly Jokes about Electricity and Magnetism: Laugh and Learn about Science

This TRUE story talks about the island of Samso in Denmark and how they got started with using renewable sources of energy. The examples and illustrations in this book provide a great explanation of what each type of renewable energy source is and how it works.

The story also addresses all of the worries that people had before starting on this energy adventure.

• Renewable vs. Non-Renewable Sources of Energy
• Global Warming

Energy Island: How one community harnessed the wind and changed their world

Need some more activities for your Electricity and Magnetism Science Unit? Click on the links below. Your upper elementary students will love these fun and engaging electricity activities!