Books with title Electric Eric

A car zips down the street. But you don't hear the engine rumbling. Why? It's an electric car! Electric cars are becoming more common around the world. Young readers will get a basic introduction to the main parts of these vehicles. They will see how electric cars are different from gas-powered vehicles and why electric cars are better for the environment. Get young readers excited about electric vehicles!

How do three-quarters of a family, a woolly mammoth, the movies and a mystery make for the funniest heartbreaker in years? When the lights go down and you're sitting in the dark with your popcorn...that's the magic time that Ruby Miller loves best. For twleve-year old Ruby, movies are better than real life. And the ones she writes herself are the best of all. Those stories always work out. The dads in her movies always show up when they say they will, the mums don't hold onto secrets, and the little brothers don't curl up with sorrow over some missing stuffed animal. All right, so it's Ruby's fault he's missing...But if she were writing the script, the set up would be intriguing, the middle exciting and the ending a complete and happy surprise. She even has seven pages ready for Spielberg. But then real life keeps interrupting...

Books in the It's Electric! series provide simple introductions to topics surrounding electricity. Titles in the series include Using Electricity, Using Batteries, Conductors and Insulators, and Making a Circuit. Each book considers a range of examples that will be familiar to young reader, and explains the scientific concepts behind electricity in clear, simple language.