Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Big One: the Cascadia Earthquakes and the Science of Saving Lives
Elizabeth Rusch
Ages: 12+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's Book Group (HMH)
ISBN: 978-0-544-88904-0
Keywords: earthquakes, architecture, environment
Plate tectonics, continental drift, earthquakes, tsunamis, and the efforts of scientists and engineers to predict and mitigate their impacts are clearly explained. Diagrams, maps, photos.