Asha and Baz Meet Katia Krafft

by Caroline Fernandez, Dharmali Patel (Illustrator)

In the fourth book in the Asha and Baz series, readers learn about volcanoes from renowned volcanologist Katia Kraft! Asha wants to win a super cool volcanic rock by solving the Great Volcano Challenge at school. So she and her best friend Baz use their magic stick to travel to Iceland in 1973 to learn from famous volcano researcher Katia Krafft. She's sure to be able to help them with their project, but she's got an eruption to observe and data to record―and ash, lava, and smelly gases are a lot more scary than a classroom. With safety concerns rising, Asha and Baz will need to keep their cool to get back home and win the prize.

114 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2024

About the author

Caroline Fernandez loves to write children's books for curious kids. She's won awards for her fantastic stories, like the exciting chapter book series "Asha and Baz" which highlights real-life historical women in STEM. She has written numerous picture books including; "Hide And Seek: Wild Animal Groups in North America" and "The Adventures of Grandmasaurus" (series) and "Stop Reading This Book". For those looking for a big adventure, her middle-grade historical novel "Plague Thieves" is now out.

Caroline writes, drinks tea, and bakes in Toronto, ON.

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Reviews

[Kay S. · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is so educational it's unbelievable. I can get behind the magical, time travelling stick and the blatant cheating on science things but it was the extreme over simplification that did me in. Why in the world does a volcanologist have simplified diagrams in her backpack? How are they able to put together a volcano-proof suit from blankets and stuff they had on their person?

"Are volcanoes real?" Why is that the foremost question this book looks to answer?! I made it through but I disliked it immensely.

[Mrs.MakesReadingFun · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another awesome book in this series!
We loved learning cool facts about volcanoes- and about a really clever woman in science.

We love continuing on with Asha and Baz's adventures- and our students really like that these are short chapter books, with pictures along the way :)