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"An informative picture book that takes readers along on a high stakes mission to battle one of the deadliest natural disasters to threaten the nation, while offering a dramatic look into the work of the highly-trained first responders who risk their lives to fight wildfires"--
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Publisher
Bold Type Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In a riveting investigation of the science and ecology of wildfires, journalist M.R. O'Connor ventures into some of the oldest, most beautiful, and remote forests in North America to explore the powerful and ancient relationship between trees, fires, and humans. Along the way, she describes revelatory research in the fields of paleobotany and climate science to show how the world's forests have been shaped by fire for hundreds of millions of years....
3) Wildfires
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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Learn about wildfires and how firefighters fight them.
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Series
I survived volume 20
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
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Traces the story of a boy who moves across the country to rural northern California, where his efforts to adjust are challenged by a fast-moving firestorm that places family homes and lives at risk.
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Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"As people expand settlement into wilder areas, the impact of wildfires, both naturally occurring and human-set, becomes more destructive. This timely book examines what scientists know about wildfires, whether we can predict them, and how we learn from each event. By studying the destruction they cause, scientists and engineers continue to come up with new and improved technologies to predict and control wildfires and better protect cities, buildings,...
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A journalist and forest-fire expert shares his experiences in some of the world's most dangerous and remote regions to explore the rising phenomenon of large-scale fires, the damage they cause, and how they are being battled by elite firefighters.
9) Bushfire!
Author
Series
Bindi wildlife adventures volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"While on an early morning walk, Bindi and her friend Rosie see the smoke from a terrible bushfire. They rush to the Australian Wildlife Hospital to help care for the animals that were trapped in the fire"--P. [4] of cover.
10) Wildfires
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Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Demonstrates how readers can use their math skills to learn more about wildfires, and highlights the role math plays in studying environmental phenomena.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Raging wildfires have devastated vast areas of California and Australia in recent years, and predictions are that we will see more of the same in coming years, as a result of climate change. But this is nothing new. Since the dawn of life on land, large-scale fires have played their part in shaping life on Earth. Andrew Scott tells the whole story of fire's impact on our planet's atmosphere, climate, vegetation, ecology, and the evolution of plant...
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Extincts volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Extincts are back and ... Lug is leaving? Fresh off their takedown of the nefarious Dr. Z, the Rescue Ops Acquisition Rangers need a bit of a break. Opening a zoo and gift shop seems like a great idea to Scratch, Martie, Quito, and Ursa, but Lug isn't so sure. Over in California, wildfires are raging and people need help, but can Lug save the day without his friends? When he joins a group of smokejumpers to help put out the fires, Lug starts...
14) Room for more
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Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"In their burrow, wombats Dig and scratch are safe from an Australian bush fire. To Scratch's dismay, Dig invites two wallabies, a koala, and a tiger snake to join them. It's a tight squeeze, but even Scratch has to agree that welcoming their neighbors was a good idea when the other animals help the wombats through a flood. Back matter includes an author's note, a glossary of animals, and information about environmental disasters and Indigenous land...
15) A dog's courage
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Series
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Forge/A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Since his release from prison, where he served a eighteen-month sentence for growing cannabis, Benjamin Hecht has grown increasingly reclusive. He keeps busy cultivating a dozen acres of grapes outside the town of Natoma, California, but he interacts with almost no one, except for his wife, Ada, and almost never leaves his farm. Most notably, his relationship with his son, Yoel, whose trust he betrayed years ago, has continued to degrade. When Yoel...
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Publisher
MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A dramatic, revelatory account of the female inmate firefighters who battle California's wildfires"--
Of the thousands of firefighters who battle California's blazes every year, roughly 30 percent of the on-the-ground wildland crews are inmates earning a dollar an hour. Approximately 200 of those firefighters are women serving on all-female crews. Lowe has spent years getting to know dozens of women who have participated in the fire camp program....
18) Wildfire!
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Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal the struggles of forest animals to survive when fire breaks out on Spruce Mountain, and the actions of the firefighters who work through the night to stop the blaze.
19) Hotshots!
Author
Publisher
M.K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text introduces the equipment and work of a team of fire fighters as they battle a blaze caused by a spark from a train.
20) Inversion
Author
Series
Black dawn volume 5
Publisher
AK Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Raised in one of the non-hierarchical nomadic societies on the planet of Germinal, young Char and her family tend to this commons, rich in culture and biodiversity, through principles of reciprocity, ritual, and attention to the balance of their ecosystem. But they must forever travel to stay just ahead of the natural phenomenon that marks their world: a wall of fire that approaches like clockwork, bringing both loss and renewal with it. She is the...
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