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ADVENTURE 02 IS HERE

A simple question.
A very long way home.

Frank and Ollie tumble through power history to discover how electricity found its way from sparks and experiments to the modern grid and the people who keep it running.

Pages
76
Format
Illustrated PDF
Cost
Free
Frank and Ollie's Power Adventure: The Long Way Home cover
A complete comic adventure with an Exploring Together guide.

THE FRANK & OLLIE LIBRARY

Choose your power adventure.

Start with the printable coloring book or take the long way home through the history, systems, and people behind electricity.

Frank and Ollie's Power Adventures coloring book cover

01ORIGINAL COLORING BOOK

Frank and Ollie's Power Adventures

A printable coloring journey through substations, renewable energy, lineworkers, and electrical safety.

15 pages • Printable PDF • FreeDownload the coloring book
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02NEW ILLUSTRATED ADVENTURE

The Long Way Home

A full-color trip through power history, the modern grid, and the skilled people who keep electricity moving.

76 pages • Illustrated PDF • FreeRead the new adventure

THE POWER JOURNEY

What kids will discover

Big ideas become approachable through colorful stories, simple explanations, and questions families can explore together.

01

How power found its way home

Travel through key moments in electricity history, from early experiments to the first large power systems.

02

How the grid works together

Follow generation, transmission, substations, distribution, and the changing demand for electricity.

03

Many ways to make electricity

Explore hydro, coal, gas, nuclear, wind, solar, and the tradeoffs behind a reliable energy mix.

04

The people behind power

Meet lineworkers, engineers, operators, relay technicians, test technicians, and the teams that keep the grid working.

INSIDE THE NEW ADVENTURE

Take the long way home.

Frank and Ollie move from the first experiments with electricity to today's grid, then meet the teams who keep power safe and reliable.

Frank and Ollie meet Thomas Edison and learn how early power systems connected homes and businesses
01Travel through power history
Frank and Ollie visit a substation and learn how power moves through the grid
02Follow the modern grid
Frank and Ollie meet Micah and Tucker and learn about the people behind power
03Meet the people behind power

MAKE IT A POWER LESSON

Explore it together.

  1. 01
    Start with a question

    Ask where electricity comes from and what has to happen before a light turns on.

  2. 02
    Follow one room

    Choose a room and name the things that need power, then imagine the service path back to a source.

  3. 03
    Meet the team

    Talk about the trained people who design, operate, test, maintain, and protect the equipment behind the grid.

FRANK & OLLIE'S POWER ADVENTURES

Ready to take the long way home?

Open the new 76-page adventure and start exploring together.
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