Pop-Up Volcano!

by Fleur Daugey, Tom Vaillant (Illustrator), Bernard Duisit (Editor)

Overview

Watch out! Explosive content! Science, history, and culture are brought to life through vibrant illustrations and riveting pop-ups in Pop-Up Volcano! that take you right to the edge of the crater.

Have you ever wondered how volcanoes are formed? Did you know that there are different types of eruptions? Pop-Up Volcano! tells you everything you’ve always wanted to know about volcanoes with fact-packed text—and pop-ups! Discover the science behind volcanic eruptions; what happens when magma meets water; the kinds of creatures that make their homes next to these mountains of fire; and what the Hawaiian goddess Pele has to do with all of this.

This fascinating book features detailed illustrations and stunning paper engineering for amateur volcanologists and nature lovers. Readers will delve deep beneath the surface of our planet, witnessing some of the most devastating moments in recorded history, including a mysterious volcanic eruption that occurred during the Middle Ages and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius outside Pompeii almost two thousand years ago.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780500652220
Publisher:	Thames & Hudson
Publication date:	08/04/2020
Series:	Pop-Up Series
Pages:	22
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Fleur Daugey is a writer, journalist, and ethologist.

Tom Vaillant is an illustrator who lives in Strasbourg.

Bernard Duisit is a renowned paper engineer who has worked on dozens of pop-up and interactive books, including What’s Up?, This or That?, and Can You Keep a Straight Face?.

Editorial Reviews

2020-03-25
Pop ups and cross sections add drama to a quick overview of volcanoes in fact and legend.

In a geological overview, this French import offers terse introductions to plate tectonics, pyroclastic and other types of eruptions, and extraterrestrial equivalents such as Olympus Mons on Mars. There are also brief accounts of the eruption of Vesuvius witnessed by Pliny the Elder (“He died, but his notes recorded many important scientific details”) and the legendary origins of Mount Fuji and the Hawaiian volcanoes as well as how more-recent researchers traced ash in polar ice to a climate-changing Indonesian eruption in 1257. Lit up by Day-Glo orange highlights, blocky 3-D depictions of generic blasts on the surface and at the bottom of the sea join layered glimpses of volcanologists at work among glowing lava flows and a floating look at the Earth’s inner structure. These are all capped by a view of the peaceful-looking Fuji that looms over its reflection in tranquil waters. “But nothing about volcanoes,” Daugey writes, “is ever completely certain!” Human figures not swathed in protective gear are mostly but not uniformly white.

More fizzle than blast, but could heat up dormant interest in the topic. (Informational pop up. 7-9)

Kirkus Reviews