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Disaster Science (21st Century Skills Library)

Across the world, scientists study disasters every day. They learn the causes and impacts of these devastating events. They are also learning how to predict and prevent them. In the Disaster Science series, readers will learn how science and disasters intersect through clear text, illuminating graphics, and vivid photos. Special side bars on the inner workings of science invite readers to explore the day-to-day work that advances scientific understanding.

Disaster Stories (Black Sheep)

Experience some of history's biggest disasters in these engaging graphic novels. Reluctant readers will watch characters navigate tragedies like the sinking of the Titanic and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Active storylines and graphics are sure to speed up your heart rate!

Disaster Watch

Each book in this series examines the causes and characteristics of a particular type of disaster, their effects on the environment and on animal and human populations, and how disasters are monitored.

Disaster Zone

Earth-it’s a disaster zone! For thousands of years, Earth has been ravaged by enormous natural disasters with unthinkable destructive forces. From epic earthquakes and fearsome floods to hurricane horrors, mega tsunamis, raging wildfires, and super volcanoes, our planet and the people who live on it have been devastated by these deadly natural events. But what causes these awesome forces of nature and where in the world are they most likely to occur? Discover the science behind epic natural disasters, the world’s worst-ever disaster events, and the technology that scientists are using to help prevent devastating natural disasters of the future.

Disaster Zone (Pogo Books)

Nature is unpredictable, and it can turn our world into a disaster zone. From blizzards to volcanoes, this series looks at the science behind the destruction. How are wildfires related to droughts? What causes a dust storm? How do you stay safe in a flood? Readers can answer these questions and more as they practice reading informational text. Includes infographics, an activity or experiment, and a glossary to reinforce new words.

Disaster Zone (Roar! Books)

What would it take to make it through a freezing ice age or explosive volcanic eruption? Find your way out of these disaster zones and become a survival expert. Join the hi-lo adventure to learn how to make it through natureÎs most dangerous threats. Struggling readers in grades 5 and 6 wonÎt be able to put down these accessible books written at a 2nd and 3rd grade reading level.

Disasters

This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student’s interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 64-page softcover books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading.

Disasters for All Time

Some tragedies are so profound that they resonate through time, remaining familiar long after they occur. But what caused these events? Were they inevitable, or could they have been prevented? Have steps been taken to ensure they never happen again? Chronicling some of history's greatest tragedies with appropriate solemnity, Disasters for All Time answers these questions as it unravels the events leading up to and following each disaster. Bolstered by quotes from survivors and eyewitness descriptions, these comprehensive accounts also address the global response to each devastating event, as well as its lasting impact on policies and regulations.

Disasters in Canada: Prepare and Be Safe (True North)  

Disaster can strike at any time. Communities across Canada have felt the effects of wildfires, floods, ice storms, and other natural disasters. Disasters in Canada: Prepare and Be Safe teaches readers the science behind these disasters, how Canadian communities prepare for them, and what families can do to stay safe.

Disastrous Deaths

Encourage readers to become medical detectives with this high-interest series that explores strange ways people have died. Written with a sense of humour, these books discover what might have happened in these disastrous deaths and how to avoid letting it happen to you!