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1) Tsunamis
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of tsunamis. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
2) Tsunamis
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the science behind tsunamis, including where and why tsunamis happen and how to stay safe when the wave heads for shore. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
3) Tsunami!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Photographs and illustrations describe tsunamis, describing what causes them, how fast they can travel, and their impact on the people and landscape.
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 15
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
121 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to natural disasters, including tsunamis, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, landslides, and avalanches; discussing why they occur and the destruction they create.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A minor seismic disturbance in a remote section of the Pacific causes barely a ripple of concern for Kai Tanaka, acting director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu. But when an airliner en route from L.A. to Sydney vanishes in the same location, Kai is the first to realize that a mysterious explosion has unleashed a series of massive waves destined to obliterate Hawaii. In just one hour, Kai will lose all he has ever known-including...
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2005], c1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Travel the Pacific Rim to track the underwater earthquakes that spawn tsunamis and watch as residents of this seismically volatile region brace for the next killer wave.
8) Tsunamis
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides information about the causes of the giant waves known as tsunamis and the destruction they cause, features accounts of some of history's most devastating tsunamis, including the 2004 event in Indonesia, and discusses efforts to develop effective tsunami warning systems.
10) Tsunamis
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Provides an introduction to tsunamis, discussing the causes, the effects, and being prepared for one, and examines the March 2011 tsunami in Kamaishi, Northern Japan.
12) Nation
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tsunami destroys everything leaving Mau, an island boy, Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, and a small group of refugees responsible for rebuilding their village and their lives.
Author
Series
I survived volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A massive earthquake and devastating tsunami hit Japan while Ben is visiting his late father's hometown, pulling Ben's family apart and leaving him stranded in a strange country during an epic disaster.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Through narrative nonfiction text, readers hear stories from survivors of the earthquake and tsunami that struck more than a dozen countries in the Indian Ocean in 2004. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, a fast-fact section, fact-filled captions and callouts, a timeline of the disaster, infographics, a glossary, a listing of source notes, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
191 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven Boy Scouts, their leaders, and some new friends camping at Halape, Hawaii, in 1975, find their survival skills put to the test when a massive earthquake strikes, followed by a tsunami.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Norwegian
Description
The experienced geologist Kristian Eikfjord has accepted a job offer out of town. He is getting ready to move from the city of Geiranger with his family, when he and his colleagues measure small geological changes in the underground. Kristian gets worried and his worst nightmare is about to come true, when the alarm goes off and the disaster is inevitable. With less than 10 minutes to react, it becomes a race against time in order to save as many...
19) A mama for Owen
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami separates a young African hippopotamus from his mother, he finds a new snuggle partner in Mzee the giant tortoise. Based on a true story.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002, 1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Former weapons specialist John Wahl (Corbin Bernsen) and oceanographer Jessica Weaver (Julianne Phillips) wage a full-scale assault on a master weather manipulator whose corrupt imagination causes deadly tsunamis along the Pacific coastline.
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