Wildfires (National Geographic Readers Series)

by Kathy Furgang

Overview

Learn all about wildfires—how they happen, why they're important, and when they're dangerous—in this fascinating level 3 reader. It's sure to ignite your interest, with color photographs, interesting facts, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781426321337
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/14/2015
Series:	Readers
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	116,180
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	820L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

KATHY FURGANG started her editorial career working as an intern at the Children's Television Workshop Magazine Group, before moving on to Random House Books for Young Readers and then McGraw-Hill Education. Kathy is now a full-time freelance writer and editor who specializes in the K-8 educational markets in the areas of science, languagearts, social studies, math, and ELL. For National Geographic Kids,
she wrote Everything Weather: Facts, Photos, and Fun that Will Blow You Away! and Everything Money: A Wealth of Facts, Photos, and Fun!

Editorial Reviews

Narrator Dion Graham has the clear diction and steady pacing that makes listening to this information about wildfires a pleasure. His voice is full of interest in the topic. Do you know the components of a “fire triangle” or who comprise “hotshot crews”? Or why a bobcat might race to the edge of a wildfire? Can you name the three types of wildfires and the tools needed to fight them? Given that the information is shared through text, captions, and text boxes, it’s helpful that this is a read-along. Graham uses pauses to differentiate sections and with the book in hand, listeners can focus on each part. A quiz and a glossary complete the production. A.R. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

NOVEMBER 2018 - AudioFile