All about Heat Waves and Droughts (a True Book: Natural Disasters)

by Steve Tomecek (Author)

All about Heat Waves and Droughts (a True Book: Natural Disasters)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Conditions on Earth are becoming more and more extreme and kids want to learn about it!

Is it true that heat waves can make roads break apart? Yes! When it’s extra hot, the materials that roads are made of will swell and start to crack.

INSIDE, YOU´LL FIND:

• How heat waves and droughts happen, why they happen, and an account of the most devastating ones in recent history;

• A hands-on activity, a timeline, photos, diagrams―and what you can do if a heat wave or drought happens;

• 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.

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Steve Tomecek
Steve Tomecek, the executive director and founder of Science Plus, Inc., is the author of more than 45 books, including Dirtmeister's Nitty Gritty Planet Earth and several Jump into Science titles. He was the winner of the 1996 American Institute of Physics Excellence in Science Writing Award. Tomecek has served as the associate director of the Science Museum of Long Island and as the science program supervisor for the New York Hall of Science. He has written for and developed websites for Los Alamos National Labs, Scholastic, and Discovery. Tomecek lives in Bellerose, New York.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781338769586
Lexile Measure
920
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
C. Press/F. Watts Trade
Publication date
November 02, 2021
Series
A True Book (Relaunch)
BISAC categories
JNF051160 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Disasters
JNF037080 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Earth Sciences - Weather
Library of Congress categories
Droughts
Climatic changes
Heat waves (Meteorology)

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