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Author
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....
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
A devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, “Young Men and Fire” describes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of fifteen of the US Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of the men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty years, Norman Maclean puts together the scattered pieces...
6) Forest fires
Author
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Examines the role that forest fires have played throughout history, the way forests are managed, the effectiveness of firefighting, and future concerns.
9) Forest fires
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses different kinds of forest fires, what causes them, where they occur, and how they can be prevented.
10) Wildlife
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A meticulously crafted portrait of the American nuclear family in crisis charts the rift that forms within a 1960s Montana household when the father and breadwinner abruptly departs to fight the forest fires raging nearby, leaving his restless wife and teenage son to pick up the pieces. A deeply human look at a woman's wayward journey toward self-fulfillment in the pre-women's liberation era and a sensitively observed, child's eye coming-of-age tale."...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cheriton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the science behind raging wildfires, the world's worst-ever wildfire disasters, and the technology that scientists are using to help prevent devastating wildfires of the future."--Provided by publisher
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 2016, the world watched as wildfire ravaged the Canadian town of Fort McMurray. Firefighters named the fire "the Beast" because it behaved in seemingly sinister and often unpredictable ways. Many of them hoped that they would never see anything like it again. Yet it's not a stretch to suggest that megafires like the Beast have become the new normal. A glance at international headlines shows a remarkable increase in higher temperatures,...
14) Wildfires
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Introduces young wildlife enthusiasts to an array of creatures in their natural habitats on the African Savannah."--
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
"The Summer Canada Burned tells the dramatic story of Canada’s wildfires in 2023--a story that provides a case study of the changing climate and its impacts on our environment. It reflects evolving attitudes about approaches to wildfires and the role all people can play in prevention. Most importantly, however, the story of Canada’s wildfires is a story of loss and of survival. From the ashes, people rise, communities rebuild and seeds of new...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The fiction of multiple award-winning author China Miéville is powered by intelligence and imagination. Like George Saunders, Karen Russell, and David Mitchell, he pulls from a variety of genres with equal facility, employing the fantastic not to escape from reality but instead to interrogate it in provocative, unexpected ways. London awakes one morning to find itself besieged by a sky full of floating icebergs. Destroyed oil rigs, mysteriously...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"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"--
19) Wildland
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A sweeping yet deeply personal account of a single wildland firefighting crew as they struggle with fear, loyalty, dreams, and demons. What emerges is a rich story of working-class men, their exterior world, interior lives, and the fire that lies between.
20) Smokejumpers
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Smokejumpers have chosen a career that calls for them to run into places that others are told to run away from. These brave people parachute into forest fires to battle dangerous blazes. Readers discover what it takes to follow this career path through exciting text, a clear graphic organizer, and eye-catching fact boxes. Vibrant photographs of smokejumpers at work show reader the danger and thrill of this career up close. What kind of training is...