Independent Reading Suggested Books for Powering Our Future: Energy (2020)
See our Independent Reading for Elementary Students Teacher Tool for guidance on how to use the suggested texts below.
Fiction Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes
- Crunch by Leslie Connor (490L)
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition) by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (860L)
Informational Texts to Build Content Knowledge
- Energy (DK Eyewitness Books series) by Dan Green
- Geothermal Energy: The Energy Inside our Planet (True Book series) by Laurie Brearley (910L)
- Global Warming Alert! by Dr. Richard Cheel (1150L)
- Running on Sunshine: How Does Solar Energy Work? by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano *
- Solar Power: Capturing the Sun’s Energy (True Books series) by Laurie Brearley (960L)
- The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans (Scientists in the Field series) by Elizabeth Rusch (1070L) **
- Water Power: Energy from Rivers, Waves, and Tides (True Book series) by Laurie Brearley (930L)
- What’s So Bad About Gasoline?: Fossil Fuels and What They Do by Anne Rockwell
- Wind Power: Sailboats, Windmills, and Wind Turbines (True Books series) by Matt Ziem
* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
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