Witness to Disaster: Volcanoes

by Dennis Brindell Fradin

Book Overview

Your world is about to change forever. Beneath your feet, a molten hell brews-and its boiling fury can no longer be contained within the Earth's thin crust. A farmer's field in Mexico is about to become the birthplace of the 2,000-foot high volcano known as Paracutin. Volcanoes brings you the shocking first-person reports of those who have witnessed the violent rage of a volcanic eruption. Why do volcanoes erupt? What strange, changed landscapes do...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792253760
• ISBN13: 9780792253761
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: National Geographic Kids
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.4" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7