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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A journalist and forest-fire expert shares his experiences in some of the world's most dangerous and remote regions to explore the rising phenomenon of large-scale fires, the damage they cause, and how they are being battled by elite firefighters.
2) Wildfires
Language
English
Description
"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.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Origin stories -- Fire weather -- Reckoning.
"In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada's oil industry and America's biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster melted vehicles, turned entire neighborhoods into firebombs, and drove 88,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration--the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina--John Vaillant warns that...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of...
Author
Series
I survived volume 20
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of a boy who moves across the country to rural northern California, where his efforts to adjust are challenged by a fast-moving firestorm that places family homes and lives at risk.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
244 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Bay Area-based reporters for The Guardian Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano relate the story of the worst American wildfire in a century, weaving together a portrait of the remarkable California community of 27,000 souls, destroyed wholesale in a fire that left 86 dead, while offering a bigger-picture exploration of the science of wildfires in a time of dramatic climate change. Alastair Gee is a seasoned science/nature based in San Francisco and Dani...
Author
Language
English
Description
A novel based on the true story of the largest fire in Maine's history follows the experiences of a pregnant woman who struggles to protect her two young children and watches her home burn while her husband joins the volunteer firefighters.
October 1947. After a summer long drought, fires break out all along the Maine coast and are soon racing out of control. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her husband,...
10) Bushfire!
Author
Series
Bindi wildlife adventures volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
82 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"While on an early morning walk, Bindi and her friend Rosie see the smoke from a terrible bushfire. They rush to the Australian Wildlife Hospital to help care for the animals that were trapped in the fire"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged ) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"An informative picture book that takes readers along on a high stakes mission to battle one of the deadliest natural disasters to threaten the nation, while offering a dramatic look into the work of the highly-trained first responders who risk their lives to fight wildfires"--
12) Wildfires
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
63 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains wildfires and their causes, explores the dangers and benefits of forest fires, and provides information on fire fighting methods and the special problems encountered when wildfires strike populated areas.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rory Ramos is a dutiful teenager with a love of photography who works as a ranch hand at the stable her stepfather manages in Topanga Canyon, a dry, dusty place reliant on horses and hierarchies. There she rides for the rich clientele, including twins June and Wade Fisk. June begins to take an interest in Rory-but she is more drawn to Vivian Price, the beautiful teenager with the movie-star father, who lives down the hill and, Rory can't help noticing,...
14) Wildfire
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
15) Hotshots!
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text introduces the equipment and work of a team of fire fighters as they battle a blaze caused by a spark from a train.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
c2015
Physical Desc
345 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Master mechanic Denise Conroy-- with a reputation for being as steel-clad as the aircraft she keeps aloft-- shuns useless flyboys who don't know one end of a wrench from the other. Firehawk pilot Vern Taylor--known for unstoppable charm and a complete lack of mechanical skills-- proves his talent for out-of-the-box thinking with every flight. He's a survivor and a natural-born hell-aviation firefighter. When Denise and Vern crash together in the...
Author
Publisher
Bold Type Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 372 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a riveting investigation of the science and ecology of wildfires, journalist M. R. O'Connor ventures into some of the oldest, most beautiful, and remote forests in North America to explore the powerful and ancient relationship between trees, fires, and humans. Along the way, she describes revelatory research in the fields of paleobotany and climate science to show how the world's forests have been shaped by fire for hundreds of millions of years....
Author
Publisher
Margaret Quinlin Books, an imprint of Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
36 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Safe in his burrow deep below the ground as Australian bushfires rage above, Wombat opens his home to five animals friends seeking shelter, in this heartwarming story about help in the time of trouble."--
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