Nonfiction: Volcanoes

Volcanoes
Lily Wood
Scholastic Inc.
Copyright 2000
48 pages
Nonfiction

This book is all about volcanoes. It is filled with all kinds of interesting facts. It discusses all of the different places all over the world that volcanoes can be found. It also discusses all of the different types of lava. At the end there is a glossary of all of the volcano specific vocabulary as well as an index. At the very end are some suggested ways to use this book.

The illustrations throughout this book are very informative. If you have no prior knowledge of volcanoes, these pictures give you a great visual to understand what the look like and what they do. The illustrations are all real life photographs. I really enjoyed looking at all the pictures. I feel that the students would enjoy this as well.

This book would be a good science lesson. The the kids could create a volcano of their own. This could also be used as a history lesson where the kids learn about where the first volcanoes formed. It could also be used as a math lesson where the students compare the sizes of the volcanoes. This book has not been awarded any medals.