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Title: Earthquakes (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) by Franklyn M. Branley, Megan Lloyd ISBN: 0-06-445135-6 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 October, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Earthquakes galore... facts a-few
Comment: Children living in areas where natural disasters, such as earthquakes, do not occur may not fully understand the true destructive powers of this earth-shaking phenomenon. This book does its best to render earthquakes understandable. To do so, it incorporates full pages of color photographs of destroyed buildings and houses. Having been published in 1991 originally, the book may have originally served as an answer to those children wishing to know more about the notorious 1989 San Francisco quake. I myself was 11 at the time, and curious about this bizarre force of nature. This book does much to show a variety of different quakes from around the world, and its large graphs are very helpful as well. Yet something about the presentation is displeasing to the eye. Full page pictures have no border and seemingly slip off the page. They tend to show houses destroyed by quakes without giving much thought to showing the earthquake-resistant houses being built at the time. Also, there isn't a single footnote or credit at the end of the book. Seymour Simon is notorious for his steadfast refusal to cite his sources in his non-fiction books. There is no denying that this is an interesting topic. I especially liked the informative section in the back that tells the reader how best to survive an earthquake on their own. And this book would read well in class, though perhaps students should look at it personally themselves to better understand the graphs and maps included. However, I urge those wanting a complete earthquake source to search out better cited non-fiction books, if they can.
Rating: 4
Summary: Easy to understand information
Comment: This is a very good beginning book on the subject for children. It begins with scientific information about how earthquakes occur, and then goes through what may happen during an earthquake, such as buildings falling down, fires, gas leaks, etc. It goes into further particulars, such as how it feels to be in an earthquake, and what safety measures to take.
The illustrations are very simple, and not especially appealing, but they do help illustrate the points well.
All in all, a good book for children ages 8 -12 who live in earthquake prone areas, especially.
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Title: Volcanoes by Seymour Simon ISBN: 0688140297 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 25 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: What Is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2) by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Paul Meisel ISBN: 0064451631 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Planets in Our Solar System (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2) by Franklyn M. Branley, Kevin O'Malley ISBN: 006445178X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 31 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: How Mountains Are Made by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, James Graham Hale ISBN: 0064451283 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Storms by Seymour Simon ISBN: 0688117082 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 21 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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