Product Description
The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures. DK's classic look at volcanoes and earthquakes, now reissued with a CD and wall chart.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 4 reviews)

Nice book for young readers by Steven A. Peterson (Hershey, PA (Born in Kewanee, IL))

4 Stars
August 03, 2008
Now that I have discovered the series of Eyewitness Books that I once purchased for my son when he was young (Can't believe he's beginning his senior year in college!), I enjoy going over them and reflecting on the value of this series for younger readers. It is important that our youth understand the world around them--including a knowledge of science. This volume focuses on the volcano and earthquakes. Given the role--especially--of earthquakes in American history, this is a valuable volume. The book begins with a basic point (Page 6): "Volcanoes and earthquakes are nature run wild." The first part of the work explores volcanoes. This includes the basics, including an examination of Vesuvius, what underlies the development of a volcano, volcanoes on other plants, and so on. Then, a discussion of earthquakes. The basics: what they are, why they happen, what the consequences are. All in all, a very nice introduction to these natural phenomena for younger readers (and parents might learn a whole bunch as well, just as I did).

book review by Suzanne Lepidi (michigan)

5 Stars
January 10, 2007
The book I purchased is an excellent investment. I am VERY pleased.

I LOVE VOLCANOES AND EATHQUAKES

5 Stars
July 27, 2005
THIS DK BOOK IS IN FIRST PLACE. I AM VERY INTERESTED ABOUT VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES ALOT. THIS BOOK WAS JUST THE BEST ONES I READ IN MY DK BOOK COLLECTION.DK BOOKS ARE THE BEST.AND VOLCANOES ARE THE BEST FOR KYLE ADRIAN VENTURA [...]

Pleasant coverage of the subject

3 Stars
May 22, 2002
This is one of the better DK �Eyewitness� books I�ve read. It contained a pleasant mix of hard science, accounts of sensationalistic disasters, and the effects on the environment / cultures. The usual mind-boggling amount of details and facts are accompanied by numerous pictures and drawings to keep younger and more mature readers interested. One oddity is that this ended on a seemingly odd topic--the role of gods and religion in people�s interpretation of volcanoes and earthquakes. Just prior to this the study of volcanoes, and improvements in detection / building codes had been addressed (a very forward-looking topic) but then the last page is about gods (a historical perspective topic). Whatever.

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