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21) Tsunamis
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text explore the science behind how tsunamis form, where they most commonly occur, and how people can best stay safe during one.
22) Wildfires
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text explore the science behind how wildfires form, where they most commonly occur, and how people can best stay safe during one.
23) Blizzards
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text explore the science behind how blizzards form, where they most commonly occur, and how people can best stay safe during one.
24) Floods
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text explore the science behind how floods form, where they most commonly occur, and how people can best stay safe during one.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
Description
Stay safe in the storm! Make reading your superpower with DK s beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about surviving natural disasters - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to help children progress. Built to Survive Natural Disasters is a beautifully designed reader all about ingenious ways to make buildings safe in the face of fires, floods, quakes and more. The engaging text has been carefully...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Get expert insights from National Geographic explorer and volcanologist Arianna Soldati in this lava-hot book, exploding with the most up-to-date geological intel straight from the field. Plunge deep beneath Earth's crust to find out how volcanoes form. Get up close to clouds of ash and molten lava. Learn about the biggest, most extreme volcanic eruptions to date. On the hunt for incredible volcanoes, you'll travel around the globe, dive into the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Urdu
Description
"Fatima's life is beset with what seems to be disasters. Her journey leads her from Morocco to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Turkey and, finally, to China. It is in China that she realizes that what seemed at the time to be really unfortunate events were an integral part of her eventual fulfillment."--Jacket flap.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: ANIMALS. SURVIVORS. HEROES. The author of the New York Times bestselling I Survived series shares four thrilling true stories of animals who have faced disaster-and come through. You'll meet courageous animals and also inspiring humans who show how we can help protect the creatures who share our precious Earth.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
Description
Publisher Annotation: In 1865, the Civil War was winding down and the country was reeling from Lincoln's assassination. Thousands of Union soldiers, released from Confederate POW camps, were to be transported home on the steamboat Sultana. With a profit to be made, the captain rushed repairs to the boat so the soldiers wouldn't find transportation elsewhere. More than 2,000 passengers boarded in Vicksburg, Mississippi . . . on a boat with a capacity...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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The energy released when volcanoes erupt, engines combust, or bombs explode both thrills and fascinates people. But this power also kills. Eruptions and Explosions: Real Tales of Violent Outbursts recounts the history of five blowups that continued to rattle the world long after the smoke had cleared and embers cooled. For example, in 1815, a mountain in Indonesia called Tambora erupted. This volcano unleashed a monstrous cloud of ash and gas into...
Author
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series come five harrowing true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these unforgettable kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival. Read their incredible stories: ...
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Pub. Date
2002.
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English
Description
Describes the events and immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, in which planes were crashed into the Twin Towers buildings in New York City as well as into the Pentagon building near Washington, D.C.
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