volcanoes

On May 18, 1980, eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe and her best friends, Eddie and Sam, are in a forest near Mount St. Helens when the months of wondering whether the volcano will erupt are finally answered--all three are badly burned, but it is up to Jessie to protect the boys as best she can and hope that somebody comes to rescue them.

Eleven-year-old Sally Tanner knew the mountain well, and like many, she never imagined that this serene wilderness could turn deadly. But on May 10th, 1980, Sally finds herself in the middle of the deadliest volcanic eruption in U.S. history. Trapped on the mountain, she must escape clouds of poisonous gas, boiling rivers, and landslides of rock, glacial ice, and white-hot debris.

Ms. Frizzie takes her class on field trips to learn about the planet Earth, covering such topics as seeds, volcanoes, and air.

Explores how earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes, and tsunamis change the surface of the Earth. Includes an activity, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

In this extraordinary photographic essay, Patricia Lauber details the Mount St. Helens eruption and the years following.

Learn about the forces inside the Earth that cause volcanoes to erupt and earthquakes to shake the landscape.

"A supervolcano has erupted! Its eruption is thousands of times larger than a normal volcano. Huge amounts of lava and ash threaten all life in the area. You're a visitor to the park when the eruption occurs. Will you stay to monitor the volcano, or evacuate to safety? When you choose what to do next, the choices you make could mean the difference between life and death. Can you survive a supervolcano?"--From the publisher's web site.

An introduction to volcanoes, discussing how volcanoes are formed, parts of volcanoes, types of volcanoes, and more.

Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever, has landed in Viking age Iceland, where he meets a girl named Helga, who seems perfectly able to take care of herself--until an erupting volcano and an early arriving baby forces Ranger and Helga to journey through the ash and smoke to find her father and bring him home.