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Energy, Grades 3-5 : Multcolib School Corps

(Updated 6/2026) Nonfiction materials about energy for 4th grade, including topics such as speed, energy transfer, sound, light, heat, electricity, circuits, natural resources and renewable energy. The library has already-prepared Buckets of Books on this topic that you can check out. The Buckets contain books similar to those on this list (though not every title is exactly the same) plus a teacher's guide. See link below for Bucket of Books Classroom Collection. A custom book list created by Multnomah County Library School Corps librarians for assignments. Are you a teacher that lives or works in Multnomah County? Need a custom booklist? https://multcolib.org/assignment-alert

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  • Electronics for Kids

    Play With Simple Circuits and Experiment With Electricity!

    Nydal Dahl, Øyvind,
    "Demystifies electricity and teaches how to build electronics projects. Covers how circuits, voltage, and current work. Each part of the book focuses on different fundamental electronics concepts with hands-on projects."
    Book, 2016San Francisco : No Starch Press, [2016] — j 621.381 N993e 2016
  • A Beginner's Guide to Circuits

    Nine Simple Projects With Lights, Sounds, and More!

    Nydal Dahl, Øyvind,
    "Teaches core circuit concepts through nine graded electronics projects with complete instructions and photo references"
    Book, 2019San Francisco : No Starch Press, [2019] — j 621.3815 N993b 2018
  • Sound

    Discovering the Vibrations We Hear

    Fadeeva, Olʹga (Olga Alekseevna),
    "Explore sound's vital role on our planet with this playful, wide-ranging tour through physics, technology, musicology, language, and more."
    Book, 2025Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2025. — j 534 F144s 2025
  • "In graphic novel format, teaches readers all about electricity--where it comes from and how it keeps the world running."
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : First Second, 2023. — jgn 537 HIRSCH 2023
  • "From phones to lightbulbs to electric cars, electricity is something we can't live without! Breaking down concepts like atoms, current, and magnetism, author-illustrator Don Brown demonstrates how our world became connected by electricity."
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : Amulet Books, 2024. — jgn 537 BROWN 2024
  • Solar Story

    How One Community Lives Alongside the World's Biggest Solar Plant

    Drummond, Allan,
    "A nonfiction picture book about the largest solar power plant in the world"
    Book, 2020New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2020. — j Facts 621.3 D7952s 2020
  • "Join Max Axiom as he explores the science behind light."
    Downloadable Graphic Novel, 2019[United States] : Capstone, 2019. — Digital Comic
  • "Join Max Axiom as he explores the science behind energy. Max helps young readers understand how energy plays a part in everything we do."
    Downloadable Graphic Novel, 2019[United States] : Capstone, 2019. — Digital Comic
  • "This book examines how the energy that people use affects the environment, as well as what people are doing to make energy more Earth-friendly."
    Book, 2022Lake Elmo, MN : Focus Readers, [2022] — j 621.042 R291e 2022
  • A Ray of Light

    a Book of Science and Wonder

    Wick, Walter, 1953-
    "Nonfiction picture book explains the scientific properties of light, touching on subjects ranging from incandescence and iridescence to light waves and the color spectrum."
    Book, 2019New York : Scholastic Press, 2019. — j 535 W6362r 2019
  • "We Carry the Sun traces the history of solar power from ancient south-facing villages to the Industrial Age and modern innovators; and from solar-powered steam engines to silicon solar panels."
    Book, 2025US : Norton Young Readers, 2025. — j 333.7923 K2933w 2025
  • "We have learned how to harness the power of the sun, wind, water, and Earth. And technological innovations have allowed us to put these alternative energies to work in our everyday lives."
    Book, 2024New York : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2024. — j 333.794 T5885g 2024
  • Renewable Energy

    Power the World With Sustainable Fuel, With Hands-on Science Activities for Kids

    Twamley, Erin,
    "Learn how switching from nonrenewable energy sources to renewable ones can help make our homes, businesses, cities, and world better, healthier places."
    Book, 2024Norwich, Vermont : Nomad Press, 2024. — j 333.794 T969r 2024
  • "Learn the basic physics concepts that keep you in your roller-coaster cart and your cart on the track through the death-defying plunges and hairpin turns."
    DVD, 2020Rancho Palos Verdes, CA : Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC, [2020] — DVD j 791.068 SCIENCE
  • Geothermal Energy

    the Energy Inside Our Planet

    Brearley, Laurie, 1953-
    "This book details the history, current uses, and potential future applications of geothermal energy."
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2019] — j 333.88 B8286g 2019
  • Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea

    How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet

    Suneby, Elizabeth, 1958-
    For Iqbal's science fair project, he wants build a cook stove that doesn't produce smoke so his family won't have to breathe it while cooking. He researches solar cookers and finds the winning design - one that harnesses the sun's energy and does…
    Book, 2018Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2018] — jE SUNEBY 2018
  • "Learn how energy affects the movement of objects through the air, the warmth we feel on our skin when the sun shines, and many concepts in between."
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2019. — j 530 B3284e 2019
  • Wind Power

    Sailboats, Windmills, and Wind Turbines

    Ziem, Matthew,
    "This book details the history, current uses, and potential future applications of wind energy."
    Book, 2019[New York, NY] : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2019. — j 621.31213 Z667w 2019