Arthur's new power

Eco-conscious crocs in the making. Arthur Crocodile's family uses a lot of wattage in their house, running televisions, electric toothbrushes, blenders, electric guitar amps and more. They blow so many fuses that Father Crocodile blows his fuse and declares a moratorium on plugging in. Arthur gets creative at the library and learns how to make his own power, and how satisfying not plugging in can be. Very funny, very clever, and a wonderful introduction to the idea of an “energy crisis”, in a very local manner. Some may pooh-pooh some of the outdated devices that the Crocodile family uses (the Slimmo Electronic Wonder-Massage belt reminds me of those vibrating pads they're passing off as exercise devices these days), but savvy children will understand that before their smaller, more advanced devices, technology was a bit different, but ate up energy all the same.