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Inside Volcanoes

Inside Volcanoes

by Melis­sa Stewart

Ster­ling, 2011

for ages 9–12

ISBN 978–1‑40275–876‑8

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

What caus­es scorch­ing hot lava to spike through Earth­’s crust and make a vol­cano blow its top? Do vol­ca­noes exist in space? What do brave vol­ca­nol­o­gists learn by climb­ing right into a vol­cano’s mouth? In the wake of the erup­tions by Ice­land’s Eyjaf­jal­la­jökull, every­one wants to know! Ten spec­tac­u­lar gate­folds, plus incred­i­ble pho­tos, graphs, maps, dia­grams, and first-per­son sto­ries, take intre­pid young explor­ers right to the source to find out.

Reviews

“Clear prose and strik­ing visu­als com­bine to explain the nat­ur­al occur­rences and their effects. The books are cau­tion­ary with­out being hys­ter­i­cal, con­vey­ing imme­di­a­cy through a con­ver­sa­tion­al style and occa­sion­al per­son­al rec­ol­lec­tions. Fold­out pages (some hor­i­zon­tal, some ver­ti­cal) are used to excel­lent effect. Pho­tos, draw­ings, charts, and oth­er visu­als are well cho­sen and well doc­u­ment­ed.” (The Horn Book)

“Inside Vol­ca­noes is full of inter­est­ing facts and amaz­ing pho­tographs that will entice even the most reluc­tant read­er to pull up a chair and explore this book from cov­er to cov­er … [It] should be scooped up by teach­ers and librar­i­ans.” (Non­fic­tion Detec­tives)

“From the eye-catch­ing jack­et pho­tos to the clear­ly writ­ten expla­na­tions of nat­ur­al phe­nom­e­na, vol­umes in the Inside series have much to offer. [Inside Vol­ca­noes] offers his­tor­i­cal per­spec­tive … as well as bring­ing to life, through pho­tos and well-cho­sen quotes, the dra­mat­ic expe­ri­ences of first­hand observers. [C]ross-sectional draw­ings … lit­er­al­ly looks inside dif­fer­ent types of vol­canic moun­tains as well as com­par­ing major erup­tions and their effects. Excel­lent for brows­ing or sci­ence reports.” (Book­list)

“Burst­ing with fold­outs, dra­mat­ic pho­tographs, and dia­grams, Inside Vol­ca­noes explains Earth­’s lay­ers and tec­ton­ic plates, tells of the dead­liest vol­canic erup­tions, looks inside the major kinds of vol­ca­noes, intro­duces vol­canic rocks, and vis­its vol­ca­noes under­sea and in space.” (Nat­ur­al His­to­ry)

Behind the Book

“I’ve writ­ten about vol­ca­noes before, but the sci­ence is chang­ing so fast that there were lots of new things to learn. I real­ly appre­ci­ate all the help sci­en­tists gave me in under­stand­ing the most up-to-date research. I also enjoyed inter­view­ing a vari­ety of peo­ple who had expe­ri­enced the pow­er of vol­ca­noes up close and per­son­al for the I Was There fea­tures in the book. But my favorite part of the project was work­ing with my fab­u­lous edi­tor to cre­ate the dynam­ic hor­i­zon­tal gate­folds that tru­ly take you Inside Vol­ca­noes.”

Series at a Glance

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Inside Volcanoes

by Melis­sa Stewart

Ster­ling, 2011

for ages 9–12

ISBN 978–1‑40275–876‑8

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