Fires And Floods

by Kate Waters

[Growing Reader Level 3]

Fire and water can help people. They can also cause natural disasters. Forest fires can spread quickly. Floods can cover houses and towns. Find out how people fight fires and try to prevent floods.

Genres: Science, School

Paperback

Published January 1, 2008

About the author

Author Kate Waters went on to earn a B.A. from Newtown College of the Sacred Heart (Boston College) and a M.L.S. from Simmons' Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She grew up in a big family in which storytelling was very important. She worked as a librarian for ten years at the Boston Public Library. There she became very interested in telling stories to young people and finding out what they enjoyed reading. She moved to New York where she worked on a children's magazine. While working at the magazine, she started to think about new ways to present history and traditions to children. Her books include pictures of actors depicting the stories Kate writes. In addition, her books have been praised for their content and have won many awards. Kate currently lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Jc · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great introduction to two destructive forces that we really need.

[Melanie, Aaron, Annie, and Mary Project · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read by: Mary
Author:Kate Waters
Genre: Informational
Interest Level: 2-3
Lexile Measure®: 610L
DRA: 24/28
Guided Reading: M

This book is about fire and water. The book is separated into two sections, first is about fire and the second is about water. The book talks of the benefits and hazards of each element, informing of the natural disasters and natural cycles of each. This is a good resource to teach a social lesson on safety and disasters and what the children can do to help prevent them,i.e: putting out campfires correctly.

[Gustavo]

Awesome

[Brenton · Rating 4 out of 5]

It had cool illustrations!