KidWind Supports New Activity and Coloring Book Featuring Women in Energy Careers

Authors partner with energy companies to allow kids to build, color, and doodle their way to discovering the world of energy!

Saint Paul, Minn. (September 25, 2024) – Following the success of the children’s book Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy Careers, authors Erin Twamley and Joshua Sneideman are partnering with Enel North America, a clean energy leader, and KidWind, an international leader in clean energy education, to create Everyday Superheroes: An Energy Coloring and Activity Book.

Inspired by the stories and careers of the real-life Energy Superheroes featured in Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy Careers, the new coloring and activity book includes:

• Hands-On Fun: Build a wind vane, solve tangrams, and create cut-out bookmarks.
• Inspiring Artwork: Color real-life Energy Superheroes and learn about their energy careers.
• Educational Doodles: Discover the wonders of electricity, wind, solar, energy storage, and more through interactive doodling.
• Exploratory Learning: See how energy lights cities, builds homes, and powers devices.

“We look forward to helping get the new Energy Superheroes activity and coloring book in the hands of students interested in renewable energy,” said Michael Arquin, founder of KidWind. “This will be another great resource for students to learn more about the diverse energy careers available, from becoming an environmental scientist to working on a large renewable energy farm.”

The activities in the book can be used effectively in classrooms, at career fairs, and during KidWind Challenges, the ultimate clean energy learning experience, to help bring energy to life.

Enel, one of the largest renewable energy operators in North America, sponsored this project to inspire students toward a future in STEM fields, including fast-growing careers in renewables. Enel additionally created its own limited-edition coloring and activity book, Energy Superheroes: An Enel Coloring and Activity Book. This book is inspired by the stories and careers of seven Enel North America employees – real-life Energy Superheroes. Enel will be donating copies of this coloring and activity book to Enel partner school districts across North America. This project builds on Enel’s goal to ensure quality education, share opportunities in energy with students, and enable local schools to introduce and continue STEM activities as part of their educational curriculum.

The new coloring and activity book Everyday Superheroes: An Energy Coloring & Activity Book is set to release in October 2024 with publisher Wise Ink. To learn more and to preorder visit stemsuperheroes.com/. 

About Everyday Superheroes:
Everyday Superheroes is an award-winning nonfiction book series for upper elementary students written by Erin Twamley and Joshua Sneideman. It focuses on sharing the stories, careers, and superpowers of women working in STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math) with an emphasis on the multicultural representation of women in STEM. Each book features an A-to-Z format with full-page colorful illustrations of each Superhero and their unique STEM career. To learn more, visit stemsuperheroes.com/. 

About the KidWind Project:
The KidWind Project, an international leader in clean energy education, has been collaborating with educators and students to integrate renewable energy into classrooms for over 15 years. Since 2004, KidWind has held more than eight hundred training events for more than 50,000 teachers all over the world. For more information about our trainings, challenges and curricular materials, visit www.kidwind.org.

About Enel North America:
Enel North America, part of the Enel Group, is a clean energy leader in North America and is working to electrify the economy and build a net-zero carbon future by decarbonizing energy supply, electrifying transportation, creating resilient grids, and promoting a just, equitable transition. Enel North America serves over 4,500 businesses, utilities, and cities through renewable power generation, demand response, distributed energy resources, smart e-mobility solutions and services, energy trading, and more. Its installed portfolio includes over 10.3 GW of utility-scale renewable capacity, 1.3 GW of utility-scale energy storage and 106.9 MW of distributed energy storage capacity, 4.9 GW of demand response capacity, and 193,000 electric vehicle charging ports. Visit enelnorthamerica.com and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and YouTube to learn more.