Review by Booklist Review
Ages 5-8. From the Jump into Science series, this colorful book provides basic information about earthquakes: what they are, why and where they occur, how they affect buildings, and what children should do when they feel the earth shake.The scientific facts are well focused and simply explained. The last double-page spread presents a simple activity simulating an earthquake with a pan of sand and a brick or rock. Illustrating the text are dynamic ink-and-watercolor illustrations laid out in picture-book format. A lively, appealing presentation that lends itself to reading aloud. Carolyn Phelan.
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Review by Horn Book Review
This introduction to earthquakes attempts to crowd a lot of information into thirty-two pages. Although the text is accompanied by pleasant ink and watercolor illustrations, the narrative style and lack of subject headers create a ceaseless flow of factual information. A simplistic experiment involving shaking a pan of sand with a brick house is appended. From HORN BOOK Fall 2002, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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