The following are books about natural disasters that young readers may find helpful.
Each title links to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. While these titles are held by the Library, many of them will also be available through your local public or academic library.
This title covers the links between climate change and natural disasters, such as heat waves, droughts, floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes. Includes a further reading list and a list of Internet resources.
This book, based on science and first-hand accounts, helps kids learn about tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, derechos, blizzards, and storms and their ties to climate change.
This title covers tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfire, volcanoes and more through annotated photographs and an integrated text-and-pictures approach.
Covers the destructive power of natural disasters and how science can be used to predict them and prevent loss of life. This title combines fact-packed text with colorful illustrations to engage the reader.
Gives elementary readers objective information on natural disasters and aims to empower young people to protect themselves and help others. Information is presented through fact boxes, graphics, and photographs.
This title looks at the how, when, where, and why of hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, and tornadoes and also includes an historical look at how we learned about weather systems and where we're headed because of climate change.