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Nature's Fury
Floods
Discusses the nature, causes, and dangers of floods, notable floods of the past, and ways to survive them.
32 pages, Library Binding
First published December 6, 1999
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Cari Meister
493 books53 followersCari Meister lives on a small farm in Minnesota with her husband, four sons, three horses, one dog and one cat. Cari enjoys running, snowshoeing, horseback riding, and yoga. She loves to visit libraries and schools!
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September 25, 2025
This is part of the Nature's Fury series by Abdo Publishing from 1999. This is a review if the 1999 edition. If you are familiar with the natural disaster documentary series from the early days of the Discovery Channel, then you have a pretty good idea what this book is like.
I learned to read when I was four, so I guess this was for nine year olds, since it used short sentences and lots of repetition. It also gave easy to follow comparisons of how heavy and destructive water can be. There is a glossary in the back of the book, but none if those words are marked out in any way in the main text.
This book suffered a bit in how the first page of each chapter was laid out. The first paragraph was in one column, then paragraphs below were in two columns, unless there was a photo that cut off a column. This made the first chapter a bit confusing until you figured out the pattern.
For the most part, the information given in 1999 was still relevant today. Those who deny climate change will be absolutely thrilled to know that there is no mention of global warming or climate change in the book. There is mention of using the phone book, which is oh, so quaint. Hydrologists and meteorologists use slightly different tools to predict floods now.
The book has a detailed drawing of the water cycle, historical photos in black and white and color. Floods from the early 1990s in America got the lion's share of attention, but floods in China and Italy were mentioned, too. There's quite a bit about dams and dikes, but modern kids may be confused as to how bossy lesbians were able to stop floods. There's also a chapter on how to stay safe during a flood, and a concluding chapter on what it's like AFTER a flood.
Best photo -- a milkman trying to go on his rounds after a flood.
I learned to read when I was four, so I guess this was for nine year olds, since it used short sentences and lots of repetition. It also gave easy to follow comparisons of how heavy and destructive water can be. There is a glossary in the back of the book, but none if those words are marked out in any way in the main text.
This book suffered a bit in how the first page of each chapter was laid out. The first paragraph was in one column, then paragraphs below were in two columns, unless there was a photo that cut off a column. This made the first chapter a bit confusing until you figured out the pattern.
For the most part, the information given in 1999 was still relevant today. Those who deny climate change will be absolutely thrilled to know that there is no mention of global warming or climate change in the book. There is mention of using the phone book, which is oh, so quaint. Hydrologists and meteorologists use slightly different tools to predict floods now.
The book has a detailed drawing of the water cycle, historical photos in black and white and color. Floods from the early 1990s in America got the lion's share of attention, but floods in China and Italy were mentioned, too. There's quite a bit about dams and dikes, but modern kids may be confused as to how bossy lesbians were able to stop floods. There's also a chapter on how to stay safe during a flood, and a concluding chapter on what it's like AFTER a flood.
Best photo -- a milkman trying to go on his rounds after a flood.
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