Children's Literature on Floods and Natural Disasters

Books for Middle/Junior High School

          Title:         Angry Waters: Floods and Their Control
          Author:        R. V. Fodor
          Publisher:     Dodd, Mead
          Date:          1980
          ISBN No.:      0396077994
          Summary:       Discusses the causes of floods, how they are
                         forecast, and how they may be prevented.

          Title:         Coping With Natural Disasters
          Author:        C. Arnold
          Publisher:     Walker & Co.
          Date:          1988
          ISBN No.:      0802767168
          Summary:       The author of this book devotes a chapter to each
                         of several natural disasters, including one on
                         floods.  She concludes with practical advice on
                         how to cope with disaster, and the kind of
                         supplies to keep on hand.  This has somewhat of
                         textbook approach but good factual information.

          Title:         Disastrous Floods and Tidal Waves
          Author:        M. Berger
          Publisher:     Watts
          Date:          1981
          ISBN No.       0531043266
          Summary:       Describes kinds of floods, including those caused
                         by tsunamis and hurricanes, flood watches and
                         warnings, rivers that are flood prone, preventive
                         measures, and various floods of the past.

          Title:         Night of the Twisters
          Author:        I. Ruckman
          Publisher:     Crowell
          Date:          1984
          ISBN No.:      069044089
          Summary:       This is the story of how Dan, his best friend, and
                         brother take refuge in their basement as a tornado
                         takes place above.  This is the harrowing story of
                         a day like any other turned-almost without
                         warning-into a nightmare that abounds with
                         courage, love and hope

          Title:         No Way Out
          Author:        I. Ruckman
          Publisher:     Crowell
          Date:          1988
          ISBN No.:      0690046715
          Summary:       Hiking along a river in Utah, a nineteen-year-old
                         and her friends battle a flash flood.

          Title:         Our Violent Earth
          Author:        National Geographic Society
          Publisher:     National Geographic Society
          Date:          1982
          ISBN No.:      0870443836
          Summary:       Describes the causes and effects of such geologic
                         and atmospheric phenomena as earthquakes,
                         volcanoes, storms, droughts, fires, and floods.

          Title:         The Terrible Wave: Memorial Edition
          Author:        M. Dahlstedt
          Publisher:     Dahlstedt
          Date:          1988
          ISBN No.:      0962182702
          Summary:       During the disastrous flood of 1889 in Johnstown,
                         Pennsylvania, a spoiled teen-age girl learns to
                         accept responsibility as she and her friends
                         search for their families.