(4) K-3 It's a Disaster! series. Natural disasters in the form of extreme weather and earthquakes are explained in large print and illustrated with photographs. Beginning readers will learn how these events originate and how they can keep safe during them. The simple texts get the basic information across; depictions are factual (if incomplete) and vivid without over-dramatizing. Four-word picture glossaries are appended. Reading list. Ind. Review covers these It's a Disaster! titles: Flood, Blizzard, Earthquake, Tsunami, Hurricane, and Tornado.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo