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All about wildfires : discovering how they spark, burn, and spread / Alessandra Potenza.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: True book | Natural disaster! (Children's Press (New York, N.Y.))Publisher: New York : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: 48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781338769531
  • 1338769537
  • 9781338769548
  • 1338769545
Subject(s):
Contents:
Up in smoke -- Into the flames: How do wildfires start and spread, and why they are dangerous? -- Feeling the heat: Why are wildfires becoming more destructive? -- The BIG truth: What role do wildfires play in nature? -- Fighting fire: How do people battle blazes? -- Wildfire safety: What can you do to keep safe from wildfires? -- Think like a scientist -- Activity: Sliding land -- True statistics.
Summary: "This book shows readers the awesome power of wildfires"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 634.9618 P861 Available 33111010639553
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 634.9618 P861 Available 33111010768626
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Conditions on Earth are becoming more and more extreme and kids want to learn about it!

Is it true that smoke from wildfires can travel thousands of miles? Yes! If a wildfire is large enough, wind can blow smoke from the West Coast to the East Coast of the United States!

INSIDE, YOU´LL FIND:

* How wildfires start, how they spread, and how researchers are studying wildfires in order to keep people safe;

* A hands-on activity, a timeline, photos, diagrams--and how specially-trained firefighters fight the flames;

* Surprising TRUE facts that will shock and amaze you!

This new set in the ongoing A TRUE BOOK series will answer all of kids' questions about nature's most dangerous and destructive disasters! With an engaging layout, and spectacular photos, illustrations, diagrams and infographics, the past, present and future of extreme phenomenon happening on Earth will be explained. Readers will discover causes and consequences, as well as the cutting-edge science developed through the centuries to forecast them. First-hand accounts will bring science to life, and a special section will teach kids how to prepare for these extreme events.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Up in smoke -- Into the flames: How do wildfires start and spread, and why they are dangerous? -- Feeling the heat: Why are wildfires becoming more destructive? -- The BIG truth: What role do wildfires play in nature? -- Fighting fire: How do people battle blazes? -- Wildfire safety: What can you do to keep safe from wildfires? -- Think like a scientist -- Activity: Sliding land -- True statistics.

"This book shows readers the awesome power of wildfires"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 8-10. Scholastic Inc.

Grades 4-6. Scholastic Inc.

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