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Wildfires / writer, Anne Rooney ; illustrator, Stefan Chabluk.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Branch	Status	Due Date
J 363.379 ROON	Junior Non Fiction	Bankstown .	. Available .
J 363.379 ROON	Junior Non Fiction	Campsie .	. Available .
J 363.379 ROON	Junior Non Fiction	Earlwood .	. Available .
J 363.379 ROON	Junior Non Fiction	Lakemba .	. On Loan .	19 Jun 2024

Catalogue Information
Field name	Details
ISBN	9780716699439 (hardback)
Name	Rooney, Anne author.
Title	Wildfires / writer, Anne Rooney ; illustrator, Stefan Chabluk.
Edition	3rd edition.
Published	Chicago, IL : World Book, [2018]
Published	©2018
Description	55 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	What is a wildfire? -- Causes of wildfires -- The Great Peshtigo fire -- The chemistry of fire -- The Great Black Dragon fire -- How fires spread and restart -- The Cedar fire -- Logging fires -- What conditions affect fires? -- Australian bushfires -- Black Saturday fires -- Out of control -- The Big Burn of 1910 -- The Oakland-Berkeley fire -- What stops fires? -- Indonesian fires -- Looking out for fires -- Fighting fires -- Yarnell Hill fire -- Saving people and buildings -- 2010 Russian wildfires -- What to do in a wildfire -- 2016-2017 North American wildfires -- Activity -- Glossary -- Additional resources -- Index.
Summary	"A discussion of wildfires, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant wildfires, bushfires, and forest fires from history"--
Target audience note	Age 5-11.
Subjects	Wildfires -- Juvenile literature
Other Names	Chabluk, Stefan illustrator.
Series	World Book's library of natural disasters
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Wildfires -- Juvenile literature . Authors: Chabluk, Stefan . Rooney, Anne . Series: World Book's library of natural disasters .