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Disasters by the numbers : a book of infographics
Publication Information
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021]
Physical Description
47 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Series
Summary
"From Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins comes an in-depth look at the world's natural disasters, broken down into four distinct categories: earth, weather, life, and space. From timelines of causes and outcomes of each disaster, graphs highlighting humans' effect on the earth, and a text teeming with fresh, unexpected, and accurate information ready for readers to easily devour, Disasters by the Numbers is unmatched and sure to wow fans old and new"--Provided by publisher
Contents
- Multiple effects
- Earthquake
- Volcano
- Tsunami
- Landslide
- Avalanche
- Uncommon disasters
- Hurricane
- Tornado
- Flood
- Thunderstorm
- Blizzard
- Drought
- Heat
- Cold
- Fire
- Locusts
- Pandemic
- Impact
- Protecting the planet
- Distant danger
- Climate change.
Subjects
- Natural disasters > Juvenile literature.
- Natural disasters > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature.
- Natural disasters > History > Juvenile literature.
- Natural disasters > History > Charts, diagrams, etc. > Juvenile literature.
- Natural disasters > Charts, diagrams, etc. > Juvenile literature.
- Natural disasters.
- Natural disasters > Pictorial works.