blizzards

"A discussion of a major type of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.

Describes different kinds of storms, explains how they form, and discusses how they are studied.

A look at snowstorms, explaining how snowflakes form, discussing the potential dangers of snowstorms and blizzards, and showing how scientists track storms.

Despite a blizzard, Christmas comes to a small church in unexpected ways.

Tells the story of the 1888 blizzard that spread across the Great Plains killing hundreds of children as they walked home from school, and is written in graphic novel format.

In 1888, a few months after barely surviving a deadly blizzard that has killed two of her brothers, fifteen-year-old Hannah goes to work at the home of a wealthy widow whose progressive social ideas scandalize the town of Prairie Hill, Nebraska.

Scientist Artemis Masters travels with his children Curie and Nick to the Adriondacks where he has been hired by local resort owners to develop an early warning system for snowstorms, but when he becomes ill, Curie and Nick take over managing the experiment while trying to figure out why their hosts are trying to sabotage their efforts.

Although frightened at first by the fugitive slave they discover in the barn, two Iowa farm girls stranded in a blizzard soon rely on him for their survival.

An October blizzard and a warning from a passing Native American compel Charles Ingalls to move his family to town in the winter of 1880-81, and when the weather keeps the supply train from arriving, Almanzo Wilder and his brother make the brave decision to go in search of provisions.