Volcanoes

Contributor(s): Shone, Rob (Author), Riley, Terry (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781404219885

Publisher: Rosen Central

$27.85

Pub Date: January 30, 2007

Dewey: 551.21

LCCN: 2006032882

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 10 to 13

Physical Info: 0.43" H x 10.21" L x 6.87" W ( 0.76 lbs) 48 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Fiction | General

Series: Graphic Natural Disasters

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000113109 ( Volcanoes)

Reading level: 4.40

Interest level: MG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Volcanoes have always intrigued kids, and the pairing of this high-interest subject with the graphic nonfiction format is bound to excite readers. No book on volcanoes would be complete without Vesuvius. and Krakatoa in 1883 and Mount St. Helens in 1980 are the other two eruptions covered in this book. All three stories illustrate the power and force and awesome spectacle we associate with volcanic eruptions.