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by Gail Herman, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Learn more about what climate change means and how it's affecting our planet.
The earth is definitely getting warmer. There's no argument about that, but who or what is the cause? And why has climate change become a political issue? Are humans at fault? Is this just a natural development? While...
by Debra J. Housel
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
From thunderstorms to jet streams, storms come in many different forms! Learn about rainstorms, sandstorms, hailstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and even blizzards in this thrilling, nonfiction book that features plenty of stunning images, fascinating facts, easy-to-read text, and engaging sidebars....
by Kevin Blake
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey slammed Houston. The city’s reservoirs and sewers quickly overflowed, creating massive flooding. The mega storm dumped more rain on Texas than any other storm in U.S. history. Millions of Texans were left in grave danger. This book tells their harrowing stories of...
by Paul Larson
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere—each of these spheres make up planet Earth. From deep below Earth’s surface where metals are made to the thermosphere that protects our planet from harmful sunrays, travel through each layer of these spheres to see how every living thing is connected....
Snow
with audio recording
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Level 1: Starting to Read
Simple stories
Increased vocabulary
Longer sentences
Everyone loves snow! It's fun to play in and makes wonderful snowmen. But where does snow come from? The answer is at your fingertips. Just open this book and read about the wonders of snow....
by Jeannie Meekins
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
The River Thames has a colorful history. It was a river highway long before railways and roads were built. It has brought flood, disease and death to thousands of Londoners. Today it contains over 80 islands, 200 bridges, 20 tunnels, 45 locks, six public ferries and one ford. Yet it still reminds...
Natural Disasters, What & Why? : 1st Grade Geography Series
First Grade Books
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
Natural disasters happen, and that's a fact. But does your child truly understand why they take place? It's not always easy to explain disasters by telling a child about it. Words are not enough, pictures are required to visualize. That is why this educational book capitalizes on learning through visuals. It is complete with more colors and less text. Grab a copy now!
Into the Blizzard
Heroism at Sea During the Great Blizzard of 1978 [The Young Readers Adaptation]
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2019
A riveting true account of a rescue at sea from Michael J. Tougias, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Finest Hours.
In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. When the Coast Guard heard the...
DK Adventures: Twister!
A Terrifying Tale of Superstorms
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
When Jeremy visits his twin cousins Jack and Flash in Oklahoma, he gets a big surprise: they're storm chasers! They live in a region called Tornado Alley, an area with more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world. Jack and Flash travel around Tornado Alley looking for tornadoes, and Jeremy is coming...
A Storm Too Soon (Young Readers Edition)
A Remarkable True Survival Story in 80 Foot Seas
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
When a forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears in the Gulf Stream in the throes of a disastrous storm, it leaves behind three weary passengers struggling to stay alive. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the four intrepid Coast Guardsmen who braved this ruthless...
Sudden Sea
The Great Hurricane of 1938
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
The massive destruction wreaked by the Hurricane of 1938 dwarfed that of the Chicago Fire, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the Mississippi floods of 1927, making the storm the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Now, R.A. Scotti tells the story.
Overboard!
A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
From masterful storyteller Michael J. Tougias comes a new, heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster, his most thrilling and amazing story yet.
In May 2005, Tom Tighe, captain of a forty-five-foot-long sailboat named the Almeisan, and his first mate, Loch Reidy, welcomed three new...
A Storm Too Soon
A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredib
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
FROM MASTERFUL STORYTELLER MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS COMES A NEW, HEART-STOPPING TRUE-LIFE TALE OF MARITIME DISASTER, SURVIVAL, AND DARING RESCUE, HIS MOST THRILLING AND AMAZING STORY YET.
Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out to sea in one of the world’s most dangerous places,...
The Great Deluge
Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. But it was only the first stage of a shocking triple tragedy. On the heels of one of the three strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall in the United States...