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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024
Description
"Readers discover the dangers of freak weather and study the science behind wildfires in this age-appropriate guide to natural disasters. Specific case studies of deadly wildfires and freak weather events are presented alongside maps to help readers visualize where they took place. Readers are also presented with facts about how these natural disasters happen and what can be done to prepare for them, and they're introduced to the people who study...
64) Enchanted river
Author
Series
Fairy unicorns) volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"When Zoe discovers that Unicorn Island is flooding, she knows she has to stop the waters and fast. Is there any way for Zoe and her best friend Astra, the fairy unicorn, to save the island from disaster? Fairy Unicorns is an exciting new series of original, illustrated fiction with easy-to-read text. It's perfect for newly fluent readers who are ready for longer stories."--Page [4] of cover.
66) Come a tide
Author
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home.
68) Floods
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
Focuses on some of the major floods that have occurred in North America, and explores the causes and effects of such disasters.
69) Floods
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Provides information about floods, explaining how and why they happen, discussing flood prevention, and looking at the aftermath of floods. Includes a related activity that demonstrates how different soils absorb water differently.
70) Floods!
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Learn about floods and increase your vocabulary.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"It's raining. And raining and raining and raining! Peppa and George can't wait for the muddy puddles that are sure to follow. But when a flood occurs instead, Peppa makes the most of it, going from neighbor to neighbor with Granny Pig and Grandpa Pig in their boat. The water will go away, won't it? And what will be left behind?"--P.[4] of cover.
Author
Description
At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hard-working families striving for a piece of the nation's burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclusive summer resort patronized by the tycoons of that same industrial prosperity: among them Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Mellon. Despite...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Floods and tsunamis are terrifying and destructive natural disasters caused by the power of water. Humans will probably never be able to prevent floods and tsunamis, but tools provided by STEM fields enable scientists and engineers to mitigate their damage. STEM principles inform every level of flood and tsunami preparedness, from detection or prediction by federal agencies to the recommendations for individuals. This book describes what happens during...
75) Flood warning
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
You are lying in bed listening to the soft sound of rain. It has been coming down for hours. Now something is changing. The rain sounds harder and louder, and there is water running down the road, which looks like a small river. What is happening? You are hearing and seeing the start of a flood. Read and find out about the different kinds of floods, how they start, and how to stay safe. Featuring vocabulary bolded throughout the text, this book also...
77) Floods
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explains the importance of water to life on Earth, how flooding occurs, and some of its most devastating consequences.
78) Floods
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses floods, where they are common, how they affect us, and how people cope with floods.
80) Floods
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Introduces floods, describing the different weather and environmental conditions that cause them, the damages that result from them, and some of the well-known floods of the past.