Rising Waters: A Book about Floods

by Rick Thomas, Denise Shea (Illustrator)

Overview

Describes the causes and the effects of flooding.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781404818460
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2005
Series:	Amazing Science: Weather
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.12(d)
Lexile:	IG670L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

Table of Contents

Snowmelt — Spring rains — Flash floods — Rising rivers — Sandbagging — When dams break — Rescue! — Recovery — Surviving a flood — Extreme storm extras.

Editorial Reviews

In these additions to the Amazing Science series, author Rick Thomas explains weather to young elementary students in an inviting and informative manner. Each brightly illustrated book of approximately 20 pages explains a weather phenomenon and its causes. Written in a way that will entice children to want to learn more, this book helps them begin their journey on the road to solving many meteorological mysteries! Whether you live in a cold climate or not, this book on blizzards and cold weather is fascinating. Great descriptions of severe winter storms are complemented by sensible safety information. A website is included that will help students link to useful sites about blizzards and winter weather. Accurate science content is presented in a no-nonsense manner through the guidance of Daniel Dix, a senior meteorologist at the Weather Channel. The conclusion of the book features sections devoted to surviving severe weather safely, interesting facts about weather phenomena, a glossary, Internet and print bibliographies, and an index.

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