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One night while I was driving to pick up my son from school, a poem jumped into my head:

"Humming, thrumming, power's coming."

Light shone down from the street lamps. Wires stretched from pole to pole along the side of the road. The wires were bringing power to the city. That was how Wired got started.

It was a book I had to write. I lived in Los Angeles for many years. Whenever we travelled north, we drove up through the farmlands of the Central Valley. We drove past hundreds of miles of farms, and saw the huge transmission towers carrying power from one part of the state to the other. We weren't the only ones on the move. Power travelled too.

Reviews:
"Suen traces the long "dance" of electrons from a (water-driven) generator to a home's
plugs, lamps and computer screens." Kirkus Reviews

"Each spread features short paragraphs that present definitions in clear language." Booklist

"Electricity is often a subject elementary teachers try to avoid. This book makes the concepts understandable and provides the background to help teachers help their students understand these concepts as well as comprehend those concepts themselves."
A National Science Teachers Association Recommended Book

"The fundamental information comes through in an appealing way that kids can fully
understand. School Library Journal

Wired book activities:
lesson plans (science experiments) and a word search