Earthquakes & Tsunamis

Informationen zum Autor Emily Bone grew up among the rolling hills of Hampshire, writing stories about the ants and birds in her garden. After studying English at Cambridge, she found her dream job at Usborne in 2007. Since then, she's written about many weird and wonderful creatures, along with books on space, fashion and food. Klappentext What causes earthquakes? What do they feel like? What are tsunamis and why do they happen? An informative introduction to earthquakes and their effects for young readers. Features information on real-life earthquakes, accompanied by striking colour photographs and vivid illustrations. Developed with a reading expert from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence. Includes carefully selected internet links to exciting websites to find out more. Chapters in this book include: - Shaking earth - Moving rock - Faults - How does it feel? - Slipping land - City destruction - After the quake - Helping the people - Earthquakes at sea - Tsunami warning - San Francisco shock - Staying safe - Earthquake drills - When will it happen? Zusammenfassung What causes earthquakes? What do they feel like? What are tsunamis and why do they happen? An informative introduction to earthquakes and their effects for young readers. Features information on real-life earthquakes! accompanied by striking colour photographs and vivid illustrations.

Product details

• Authors: Emily Bone, Bone Emily, Nathalie Hinrichsen
• Assisted by: Natalie Hinrichsen (Illustration), Hinrichsen Natalie (Illustration)
• Publisher: Usborne Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 9
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2012
• EAN: 9781409530688
• ISBN: 978-1-4095-3068-8
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 212 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Beginners
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters, For National Curriculum Early Years (England and Wales), Interest age: from c 4 years, Children's, Teenage & educational, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Physical world