The Magnificent Makers #8: Go, Go, Green Energy!

The eighth book in this STEM-based makerspace chapter book series for fans of the Magic School Bus!

Boom! Snap! Whiz! Zap! The Magnificent Makers is a fiction chapter book series filled with real science, adventure, and characters kids will love! Every book includes two science activities kids can do at home.

Pablo, Violet, and their classmate Garry are on a field trip to the Environmental Science Center when they are transported to the Maker Maze! In the maze, they’ll work with wacky scientist Dr. Crisp to complete three challenges all about wind, solar, and tidal energy. But then Violet begins to feel bad about how much energy she’s been using. Can she, Pablo, and Garry learn how to use energy in a way that doesn’t hurt the earth?

In Go, Go, Green Energy!, the kids learn the importance of being mindful and never giving up. Don’t miss the other books in the series!

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Theanne Griffith

THEANNE GRIFFITH (she/her) is a neuroscientist and the author of the STEM-themed chapter book series The Magnificent Makers and co-author with Andrea Beaty of the Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files series, a full-color nonfiction early reader series based on the new Ada Twist, Scientist Netflix show. Since she was a little girl, she’s loved both storytelling and science. Her books blend these two passions, taking young readers on out of this world adventures they’ll never forget. Theanne received her BA in neuroscience and Spanish from Smith College, and earned her doctorate in neuroscience from Northwestern University. She is currently as Assistant Professor at the University of California Davis.

Visit theannegriffith.com to find out more and follow her at @doctheagrif.

She has been featured on NPR and TODAY Parents.

Theanne is represented by Chelsea Eberly.

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