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Earthquakes and Volcanoes FYI

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

by Melis­sa Stewart

Harper­Collins, 2008
Smith­son­ian FYI series

for ages 6–9

ISBN 978–0‑06238–666‑3 (HC)
ISBN 978–0‑06238–665‑6 (PB)

Pur­chase this book at your local inde­pen­dent book­seller or Amazon.com.

Young read­ers are fas­ci­nat­ed by nat­ur­al dis­as­ters, espe­cial­ly vol­ca­noes, earth­quakes, and tsunamis. Because this book was devel­oped in part­ner­ship with sci­en­tists work­ing at the Smith­son­ian Insti­tu­tion, it con­tains the most fas­ci­nat­ing and up-to-date infor­ma­tion about how and why these dev­as­tat­ing nat­ur­al dis­as­ters occur.

Reviews

“Melis­sa Stewart’s thor­ough­ly ‘kid friend­ly’ text, enhanced with col­or­ful illus­tra­tions, pho­tos and dia­grams, makes Earth­quakes and Vol­ca­noes FYI an essen­tial and high­ly rec­om­mend­ed addi­tion to school and com­mu­ni­ty libraries.” (Chil­dren’s Book­watch)

“It’s hard to beat this title for a clear, accu­rate, and appeal­ing sur­vey. … The qual­i­ty of text and illus­tra­tions makes it a stand­out.” (School Library Jour­nal)

“This book is high­ly rec­om­mend­ed. Chap­ters are visu­al­ly attrac­tive and read­able dou­ble page spreads, filled with pho­tos, explana­to­ry side­bars, and tex­tu­al infor­ma­tion, but pages are not so busy that strug­gling read­ers would be con­fused. Many young read­ers are sure to be so fas­ci­nat­ed by this book that they con­tin­ue to inves­ti­gate the nat­ur­al world to sat­is­fy their own inter­ests or to con­sid­er a pos­si­ble career.” (Chil­dren’s Lit­er­a­ture)

Behind the Book

“I work with sci­en­tists on many of the books I write, but for these books, I had direct access to some of the world’s top researchers. Thanks to their help, I was able to include cut­ting-edge research find­ings that young read­ers won’t be able to find in any oth­er book writ­ten specif­i­cal­ly for them.”

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

by Melis­sa Stewart

Harper­Collins, 2008
Smith­son­ian FYI series

for ages 6–9

ISBN 978–0‑06238–666‑3 (HC)
ISBN 978–0‑06238–665‑6 (PB)

Pur­chase this book at your local inde­pen­dent book­seller or Amazon.com.