Bibliography: ¡Catástrofe!

Books in Spanish

El tiempo y sus secretos (Weather and Its Secrets): by Diane Costa de Beauregard and Catherine de Sairigné
(Science/Health)
Manipulate the pages of this interactive book to learn more about weather.
Fuego (Fire): by John Satchwell
(Science/Health)
Learn how to avoid catastrophes involving fire.
El tren de navidad (The Christmas Train): by Ivan Gantschev
A young girl's heroic efforts prevent a train wreck.

Montañas y volcanes (All About Mountains and Volcanoes): by Elizabeth Marcus
(Science/Health)
Well-illustrated, factual information about mountains and volcanoes in various parts of the world.
El día que los pájaros cayeron del cielo (The Day the Birds Fell From the Sky): by Gonzalo Canal Ramírez
When the inhabitants clean up their polluted town, the birds that had disappeared return.
Tormentas (Storms): by Ecolección tierra viva
(Science/Health)
Learn what causes storms and why they are often dangerous.

Los icebergs (Icebergs): by Jenny Wood
(Science/Health)
Factual information on the formation of icebergs and the dangers they present.
Los volcanes (Volcanoes): by Jenny Wood
(Science/Health)
Factual linformation on what causes volcanoes to erupt.
Perdidas en la selva (Lost in the Rain Forest): by Susana Martín
Because of an airplane accident, Emilia and her grandmother are lost in the forests of Argentina.
Los perros mágicos de los volcanes (The Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes): by Manlio Argueta
Children's Book Press
In this El Salvadoran folktale, magic dogs living on volcanoes protect the people from danger. Text in English and Spanish.
Los volcanes (Volcanoes): by Colin Walker
(Science/Health)
The force and dangers of volcanoes are explored.
Glaciares e icebergs (Glaciers and Icebergs): by Jenny Markert
(Science/Health)
Details disasters that can result from glaciers and icebergs.

Diario de Zlata (Zlata's Diary): by Zlata Filipovic
(Social Studies)
A young girl describes her last three years in Sarajevo as she and her family struggle to escape the devestation caused by the war in Bosnia.
Pompeya (Pompeii): by Peter Connolly
(Social Studies)
Describes the excavation and reconstruction of the ancient city destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

Operación rescate (The Great Rescue Operation): by Jean Van Leeuwen
Marvin, Raymond, and Fats, mice who live in Macy's, face danger when Fats wanders off and his friends must rescue him.

Powerful Waves: by D. M. Souza
(Science/Health)
Carolrhoda
Explains how tidal waves, also called “tsunamis,“ are formed.
Clouds of Terror: by Catherine A. Welch
Carolrhoda
Life in southwestern Minnesota is disrupted by plagues of grasshoppers in the 1870s.
Emergency!: by Gail Gibbons
(Social Studies)
Holiday
Describes how emergencies are handled on land and sea and how emergency professionals are trained.

They Survived Mount St. Helens: by Megan Stine
(Social Studies)
Random
Eyewitness accounts of the May 18, 1980, volcanic eruption.
The Story of the Chicago Fire: by R. Conrad Stein
(Social Studies)
Childrens
Eyewitness accounts of the 1871 Chicago fire and the rebuilding of the city.
Head for the Hills: by Paul Robert Walker
On May 31, 1989, the people of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, had almost no warning when the dam above their town burst.
Survive! Could You?: by Judy Donnelly and Sydelle Kramer
Random
How to survive earthquakes, quicksand, tidal waves, and other disasters.

The Disaster of the Hindenburg: The Last Flight of the Greatest Airship Ever Built: by Shelley Tanaka
(Social Studies)
Scholastic
A fourteen-year-old cabin boy relates the final moments of the Hindenburg.
The Titanic: by Deborah Kent
(Social Studies)
Childrens
How the “unsinkable“ Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in one of the world's greatest disasters at sea.
Avalanche!: by Howard and Margery Facklam
(Science/Health)
Crestwood
The causes of these often dangerous snow slides and how they can be prevented.
No Way Out: by Ivy Ruckman
Harper
A flash flood traps a group of hikers in a narrow canyon.
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens: by Patricia Lauber
The chronicle of the explosion, the resulting devastation, and nature's remarkable, continuing recovery.
A Day in the Life of a Firefighter: by Betsy Smith
(Social Studies)
Troll
A firefighter's day is sometimes filled with life-or-death situations.

I Am Lavina Cummings: by Susan Lowell
(Social Studies)
Milkweed
A year in the life of the author's grandmother, who survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
The Great Flood Mystery: by Jane Curry
Macmillan
Mystery surrounds gold coins lost during the Johnstown flood.