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“Clark here! I love to read — especially about topics that interest me. If you love to read, too, make sure you check out the recommended reading list below!”
![A Cool Drink of Water](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/A-Cool-Drink-of-Water.jpeg)
A Cool Drink of Water
by Barbara Kerley
![A Drop Around the World](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/A-Drop-Around-the-World.jpg)
A Drop Around the World
by Barbara Shaw McKinney
![A Drop of Water](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/A-Drop-of-Water-v2.jpeg)
A Drop of Water
by Gordon Morrison
![A Drop of Water](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/A-Drop-of-Water.jpeg)
A Drop of Water
by Walter Wick
![A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/A-Life-Electric-The-Story-of-Nikola-Tesla.jpeg)
A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla
by Azadeh Westergaard
![All the Water in the World](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/All-the-Water-in-the-World.jpeg)
All the Water in the World
by George Ella Lyon & Katherine Tillotson
![Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids: 50+ Exciting STEAM Projects to Design and Build](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Awesome-Engineering-Activities-for-Kids-50-Exciting-STEAM-Projects-to-Design-and-Build-.jpeg)
Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids: 50+ Exciting STEAM Projects to Design and Build
by Christina Schul
![Awesome Robotics Projects for Kids: 20 Original STEAM Robots and Circuits to Design and Build](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Awesome-Robotics-Projects-for-Kids-20-Original-STEAM-Robots-and-Circuits-to-Design-and-Build-.jpeg)
Awesome Robotics Projects for Kids: 20 Original STEAM Robots and Circuits to Design and Build
by Bob Katovich
![Bees Are The Best](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bees-Are-the-Best.jpg)
Bees Are The Best
by Jonny Van Orman & Joseph Wilson
![Blackout](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/blackout-john-rocco.jpeg)
Blackout
by John Rocco
![Charged Up: The Story of Electricity (Science Works)](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Charged-Up-The-Story-of-Electricity-Science-Works.jpeg)
Charged Up: The Story of Electricity (Science Works)
by Jacqui Bailey
![Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace: The Pen Pals Who Imagined the First Computer](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Charles-Babbage-and-ADA-Lovelace-The-Pen-Pals-Who-Imagined-the-First-Computer.jpeg)
Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace: The Pen Pals Who Imagined the First Computer
by Eileen Lucas
![Curious George Plants a Tree](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Curious-George-Plants-a-Tree.jpeg)
Curious George Plants a Tree
by Margret and H.A. Rey
![Doable Renewables: 16 Alternative Energy Projects for Young Scientists](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Doable-Renewables-16-Alternative-Energy-Projects-for-Young-Scientists.jpg)
Doable Renewables: 16 Alternative Energy Projects for Young Scientists
by Mike Rigsby
![Down Comes the Rain](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Down-Comes-the-Rain.jpeg)
Down Comes the Rain
by Franklyn Branley
![Drop: An Adventure through the Water Cycle](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/51QS6oYBbUL._SX449_BO1204203200_.jpg)
Drop: An Adventure through the Water Cycle
by Emily Kate Moon
![Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Electric-Ben-The-Amazing-Life-and-Times-of-Benjamin-Franklin-.jpeg)
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
by Robert Byrd
![Electronics for Kids: Play with Simple Circuits and Experiment with Electricity!](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Electronics-for-Kids-Play-with-Simple-Circuits-and-Experiment-with-Electricity-.jpeg)
Electronics for Kids: Play with Simple Circuits and Experiment with Electricity!
by Oyvind Nydal Dahl
![Ellen Swallow: The Woman Who Founded Ecology](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ellen-Swallow-The-Woman-Who-Founded-Ecology.jpeg)
Ellen Swallow: The Woman Who Founded Ecology
by Robert Clarke
![Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Elon-Musk-Tesla-SpaceX-and-the-Quest-for-a-Fantastic-Future.jpeg)
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance
![Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed their World](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Energy-Island-How-One-Community-Harnessed-the-Wind-and-Changed-their-World.jpg)
Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed their World
by Allan Drummond
![Forest Talk: How Trees Communicate](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Forest-Talk-How-Trees-Communicate.jpeg)
Forest Talk: How Trees Communicate
by Melissa Koch
![Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral and Getting it Done](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Girl-Code-Gaming-Going-Viral-and-Getting-it-Done.jpg)
Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral and Getting it Done
by Andrea Gonzales
![Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Grace-Hopper-and-the-Invention-of-the-Information-Age.jpeg)
Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age
by Kurt W. Beyer
![Green Planet: Solar Power](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Green-Planet-Solar-Power.jpeg)
Green Planet: Solar Power
by Rebecca Pettiford
![Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science – and The World](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Headstrong-52-Women-Who-Changed-Science-%E2%80%93-and-The-World.jpeg)
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science – and The World
by Rachel Swaby
![Heal the Earth](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Heal-the-Earth.jpeg)
Heal the Earth
by Julian Lennon
![Homemade Robots: 10 Simple Bots to Build with Stuff Around the House](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Homemade-Robots-10-Simple-Bots-to-Build-with-Stuff-Around-the-House.jpg)
Homemade Robots: 10 Simple Bots to Build with Stuff Around the House
by Randy Sarafan
![Judy Moody and Stink: The Big Bad Blackout](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Judy-Moody-and-Stink-The-Big-Bad-Blackout.jpeg)
Judy Moody and Stink: The Big Bad Blackout
by Megan McDonald
![Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Lights-Out-A-Cyberattack-A-Nation-Unprepared-Surviving-the-Aftermath.jpeg)
Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath
by Ted Koppel
![Little Leonardo’s Fascinating World of Engineering](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Little-Leonardos-Fascinating-World-of-Engineering.jpeg)
Little Leonardo’s Fascinating World of Engineering
by Bob Cooper
![Love the Earth](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Love-the-Earth.jpeg)
Love the Earth
by Julian Lennon
![Magic School Bus: At the Waterworks](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Magic-School-Bus-At-the-Waterworks.jpeg)
Magic School Bus: At the Waterworks
by Joanna Cole
![Magic School Bus: Wet All Over](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Magic-School-Bus-Wet-All-Over.jpeg)
Magic School Bus: Wet All Over
by Joanna Cole
![Michael Recycle](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Michael-Recycle.jpeg)
Michael Recycle
by Ellie Bethel
![My Friend Earth](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/My-Friend-Earth.jpeg)
My Friend Earth
by Patricia MacLachlan
![Nature’s Best Hope](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Natures-Best-Hope.jpeg)
Nature’s Best Hope
by Douglas Tallamy
![No One is Too Small to Make a Difference](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/No-One-is-Too-Small-to-Make-a-Difference.jpeg)
No One is Too Small to Make a Difference
by Greta Thunberg
![On Her Own Terms: Annie Montague Alexander and the Rise of Science in the American West](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/On-Her-Own-Terms-Annie-Montague-Alexander-and-the-Rise-of-Science-in-the-American-West.jpeg)
On Her Own Terms: Annie Montague Alexander and the Rise of Science in the American West
by Barbara R. Stein
![One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/One-Plastic-Bag-Isatou-Ceesay-and-the-Recycling-Women-of-the-Gambia.jpeg)
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
by Maranda Paul
![One Well: The Story of Water on Earth](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/One-Well-The-Story-of-Water-on-Earth.jpeg)
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth
by Rochelle Strauss
![Oscar and the Bird: A Book about Electricity](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Oscar-and-the-Bird-A-Book-about-Electricity.jpeg)
Oscar and the Bird: A Book about Electricity
by Geoff Waring
![Power Up! Hydroelectric Energy](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Power-Up-Hydroelectric-Energy.jpeg)
Power Up! Hydroelectric Energy
by Tamra B. Orr
![Renewable Energy: Discover the Fuel of the Future](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Renewable-Energy-Discover-the-Fuel-of-the-Future.jpg)
Renewable Energy: Discover the Fuel of the Future
by Joshua Sneideman, Erin Twamley
![Salmon Stream](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Salmon-Stream.jpeg)
Salmon Stream
by Carol Ree-Jones
![Silent Spring](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Silent-Spring.jpeg)
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
![Switch On, Switch Off](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Switch-On-Switch-Off-.jpeg)
Switch On, Switch Off
by Melvin A. Berger
![The 12 Biggest Breakthroughs in Energy Technology](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-12-Biggest-Breakthroughs-in-Energy-Technology.jpeg)
The 12 Biggest Breakthroughs in Energy Technology
by M.M. Eboch
![The Bees In Your Backyard](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Bees-In-Your-Backyard.jpeg)
The Bees In Your Backyard
by Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia Messinger Carril
![The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Boy-Who-Harnessed-the-Wind.jpeg)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by William Kamkwamba
![The Code Book: The Secrets Behind Codebreaking](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Code-Book-The-Secrets-Behind-Codebreaking.jpeg)
The Code Book: The Secrets Behind Codebreaking
by Simon Singh
![The Curious Garden](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Curious-Garden.jpeg)
The Curious Garden
by Peter Brown
![The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the Race to Light the World](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Electric-War-Edison-Tesla-Westinghouse-and-the-Race-to-Light-the-World.jpg)
The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the Race to Light the World
by Mike Winchell
![The Green Teen: The Eco-friendly Teen’s Guide to Saving the Planet](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Green-Teen-The-Eco-friendly-Teens-Guide-to-Saving-the-Planet.jpeg)
The Green Teen: The Eco-friendly Teen’s Guide to Saving the Planet
by Jenn Savedg
![The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Gri-d-The-Fraying-Wires-Between-Americans-and-Our-Energy-Future-.jpeg)
The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
by Gretchen Bakke, PhD
![The Lorax](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Lorax.jpeg)
The Lorax
by Dr. Seuss
![The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Magic-School-Bus-and-the-Climate-Challenge.jpeg)
The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge
by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen
![The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Magic-School-Bus-and-the-Electric-Field-Trip.jpeg)
The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip
by Joanna Cole
![The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Snowflake-A-Water-Cycle-Story.jpeg)
The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story
by Neil Waldman
![The Thomas Edison Book of Easy and Incredible Experiments](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Thomas-Edison-Book-of-Easy-and-Incredible-Experiments.jpeg)
The Thomas Edison Book of Easy and Incredible Experiments
by James G. Cook
![The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Tree-Lady-The-True-Story-of-How-One-Tree-Loving-Woman-Changed-a-City-Forever.jpeg)
The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever
by H. Joseph Hopkins & Jill McElmurry
![The Whale Child](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/The-Whale-Child.jpg)
The Whale Child
by Keith Egawa and Chenoa Egawa
![There’s A Hair in my Dirt!](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Theres-A-Hair-in-my-Dirt.jpeg)
There’s A Hair in my Dirt!
by Gary Larson
![Thirst](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/518ytydG1SL._SX329_BO1204203200_.jpg)
Thirst
by Varsha Bajaj
![Touch the Earth](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Touch-the-Earth.jpeg)
Touch the Earth
by Julian Lennon
![Unstoppable, Harnessing Science to Change the World](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Unstoppable-Harnessing-Science-to-Change-the-World.jpeg)
Unstoppable, Harnessing Science to Change the World
by Bill Nye
![Water Dance](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Water-Dance.jpeg)
Water Dance
by Thomas Locker
![When Charlie McButton Lost Power](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/When-Charlie-McButton-Lost-Power.jpeg)
When Charlie McButton Lost Power
by Suzanne Collins
![Wildheart: The Daring Adventures of John Muir](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Wildheart-The-Daring-Adventures-of-John-Muir.jpeg)
Wildheart: The Daring Adventures of John Muir
by Julie Bertagna
![Wind at Work: An Activity Guide to Windmills](https://powerzone.clarkpublicutilities.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Wind-at-Work-An-Activity-Guide-to-Windmills.jpg)
Wind at Work: An Activity Guide to Windmills
by Gretchen Woelfle