Charged Up: The Story of Electricity (Science Works)

I am a teacher homeschooling my 9 year old son with autism during the pandemic. This book explains in great detail and in an easy to understand way. I have all the books from this series now and love them.My son always takes great interest in the beginning. However somewhere around 3/4’s through the book he does start to lose focus. It is interesting to him, but there is so much information it is too much for one sitting.Overall, love these books.

I got this book along with the Magic School Bus electricity book (which teaches you what electricity is starting on an atomic level). This is what every kid (and adult) needs to know. I had no idea how to answer my kids' questions about electricity, and this book saved me.Now I love it when my kids explain electricity to other adults, lol

Great little science book for five year old child curious about electricity...where it comes from and how it gets to the house! It's above the reading level of a five year old but certainly makes the concepts understandable if read by an adult AND through the really great illustrations. Even I learned something reading it.

We have a 3-year-old son who is obsessed with all things mechanical. Lately, he has wanted to know about electricity, and he was driving me crazy with questions about electrical equipment that I couldn't answer! It was difficult to find a book on the subject that had solid (not cutesy) information without being way too advanced and technical for a small child (or for me, for that matter!).This book has a nicely-illustrated narrative format that makes a read together more like reading a story and less like reading a text book, which both the adults and the kids in this house appreciate. The book presents a very basic introduction to the operation of a hydroelectric plant and the transportation and transformation of electricity, and it includes some facts about electricity and its generation, as well as one at-home experiment in the back of the book. The back of the book is not as useful for us, given the age of our child, but I can see how that will be a nice addition when he gets to be the target age range of the book. In the meantime, he asks us to read it frequently, calling it "the electricity book."If you are looking for something technical and detailed, this may not be the best choice. If, however, you are looking for an overview or a basic starting point in the exploration of electricity, this is a very good option. I have been very grateful for the way it seems to satisfy our little scientist's curiosity.

Yes yes and yes! Our 4 year old son loves electricity and finding out everything he can about it. This was great for him to understand and the pictures were easy to follow. He tells everyone all he's learned from it.

It's a great book. But I was expecting a book about electricity fundamentals (voltage, current, etc.) and explaining these things and how electricity actually works. A little more theory but for kids.This book is all about how people in cities generate and use electricity. It's all application. Interesting - especially for budding civil engineers or electricians. But it doesn't have any of the fundamentals that I was interested in starting to discuss with my son.

Energy and electricity are tough concepts for kids (and many adults), but this book brings it to the kids in a fun way. A nice find for parents trying to encourage STEM interests in their kids. My 6 year old was more interested than my 4 year old - as an age indicator of interest level, so perfect for any kid in grade school.

This was a gift for my 6 year old nephew who is interested in electricity and hopefully this helps answer some of his questions.

My daughter loves these books and they explain a concept easily, with lots of pictures. very engaging