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  • Flood!

    Elizabeth Raum

    Library Binding (Amicus, July 1, 2016)
    This photo-illustrated book describes flash floods, regional floods, and storm surges. Explains how floods are predicted, what can be done to help prevent them, and how to stay safe in areas prone to flooding. The Q&A features throughout promote reader inquiry and critical thinking. Includes glossary, further resources, and index.
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  • Hurricanes

    Jack Zayarny

    Library Binding (Av2 by Weigl, Aug. 15, 2014)
    Introduces hurricanes, describing how they form, where they occur, what causes them to increase in strength, how they are measured, and the types of damage they cause.
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  • Droughts

    Louise Park

    Library Binding (Black Rabbit Books, Feb. 28, 2008)
    Created especially for readers in the elementary grades, this series explains in clear terms the science and hardship of historic natural disasters, and to aid with school reports, includes a chronology, website addresses, glossary, index, and suggestions for further reading.
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  • Volcanoes

    Allison Lassieur

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Examines the formation and eruption of volcanoes and describes the damage these natural disasters can cause.
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  • Earthquakes

    Jane Walker

    Paperback (Franklin Watts Ltd, Oct. 26, 1995)
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  • Volcanoes

    Louise Park

    Library Binding (Black Rabbit Books, Feb. 28, 2008)
    Created especially for readers in the elementary grades, this series explains in clear terms the science and hardship of historic natural disasters, and to aid with school reports, includes a chronology, website addresses, glossary, index, and suggestions for further reading.
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  • Fires

    Victor Gentle, Janet Perry

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Discusses the damaging effects of wildfires, why some ecosystems need fire to stay healthy, and what can be done to prevent wildfire disasters.
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  • Hurricanes

    Louise Park

    Library Binding (Black Rabbit Books, Feb. 28, 2008)
    Created especially for readers in the elementary grades, this series explains in clear terms the science and hardship of historic natural disasters, and to aid with school reports, includes a chronology, website addresses, glossary, index, and suggestions for further reading.
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  • Wasted Waters

    Emily Mahoney

    Paperback (Gareth Stevens Pub, Aug. 15, 2017)
    Disasters like Love Canal and more recently in Flint, Michigan, happened slowly over years, and caused lasting damage. A powerful way to demonstrate cause and effect in ecosystems, this book chronicles each disasters story, and even the resulting legal battles. This book is lamentably timely, and all readers will easily be drawn in by these morality stories of corporations terrible impact in the effort to save money. Statistics on each spread communicate the impact of the disasters, another way to drive home to readers the damage they cause. The final pages aim to engage readers in environmental conversation and good citizenship through specific ways that affect our water.
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  • Drought

    Terry Jennings

    Hardcover (Chrysalis Books, Nov. 19, 1999)
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  • Scary Tsunamis

    Jane Katirgis

    Paperback (Enslow Publishing, Aug. 1, 2015)
    "Discusses the science behind [tsunamis] and what to do to stay safe from them"--
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  • Earthquakes

    Victor Gentle, Janet Perry

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Discusses what causes earthquakes, the damage they can do, and whether they can be predicted.
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