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Books in our Library on Natural Disasters

World Book Library of Natural Disasters
set of encyclopaedias:
Forces of Nature
Blizzards
Droughts
Earthquakes
Forest Fires
Floods
Heat Waves
Hurricanes, Typhoons, & Other Tropical Cyclones
Ice Storms
Landslides, Mudslides, & Avalanches
Pandemics
Thunderstorms
Tornadoes
Tsunamis and Seiches
Volcanoes
The Asian Tsunami 2004 by John Townsend
Call Number: 363.349 TOW
ISBN: 1406202916
Hurricane Katrina and the Devastation of New Orleans 2005 by John Albert Torres
Call Number: 363.3492 TOR
Storms by Sean Connolly
Call Number: 363.3492 CON
ISBN: 074965709X
Disaster Alert Earthquake by Lara Whitehead
Call Number: 363.3495 WHI
Disaster Alert Flood by Lara Whitehead
Call Number: 363.3493 WHI
In Time of Need Floods by Sean Connolly
Call Number: 363.3493 CON
Disaster Alert Cyclone by Lara Whitehead
Call Number: 363.34922 WHI
Famine and Drought by Sean Connolly
Call Number: 363.8 CON
Fire by Sean Connolly
Call Number: 363.37 CON
ISBN: 9780749657079
Australian Environmental Disasters by John and Jennifer Barwick
Call Number: 363.3497 BAR
Famine, Drought and Plagues by Jane Walker
Call Number: 363.8 WAL
Earthquakes by Sean Connolly
Call Number: 363.3495 CON
Australia's Natural Disasters by Richard Whitaker
Call Number: 363.34099 WHI
Earthquakes and Volcanoes by Lin Sutherland
Call Number: 363.3495 SUT
Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Anness Publishing Staff (Editor); Robin Kerrod
Call Number: 551.2 KER
Volcanoes by David Pyle
Call Number: 551.21 PYL
Australia's Volcanoes by Russell Richard Ferrett
Call Number: 551.21 FER
Extreme Weather by John Farndon
Call Number: 55155 FAR
Extreme Weather by Terry Jennings
Call Number: 551.55 JEN
ISBN: 9780237527495
Earthquakes and Volcanoes by Alison Rae
Call Number: 551.2 RAE
Tsunami by Geoff Tibballs
Call Number: 551.4637 TIB
ISBN: 9781741508239
Hurricanes and Tornadoes by Angela Royston
Call Number: 551.55 ROY
ISBN: 9781845389680
Geologists by Heather Hammonds
Call Number: 551.023 HAM
Earth's Changing Surface by Rebecca Cotton
Call Number: 551.8 COT

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Videos and Games from ABC Splash

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Volcanoes

Australia has two active volcanoes. Find out where they are and all about our extinct volcanoes here.

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National Geographic Videos

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Fiction in our Library on Natural Disasters

Hotaka by John Heffernan; Lyn White (Editor)
Call Number: Realistic MF THR
ISBN: 9781760113766
Monkey Mountain by Justin D'Ath
Call Number: MF DAT
Fire Maiden by Terri Farley
Call Number: MF FAR
Lyla by Lyn White (Editor); Fleur Beale
ISBN: 9781760113780
Publication Date: 2018-09-01
Krakatoa Lighthouse by Allan Baillie
Elephant Alert by Jackie French
Call Number: JF FRE
Deep Water by Elaine Forrestal
Call Number: JF FOR
A Waltz for Matilda by Jackie French
Call Number: MF FRE
Angel by Zoe Daniel; Lyn White (Editor)
ISBN: 9781760113773
Publication Date: 2019-05-01

TigTag

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For Teachers

Earthquake Explorers by Australian Academy of Science
Call Number: 551.2207 EAR
Creators and Destroyers by Australian Academy of Science
Call Number: 551.21 CRE

Smithsonian Natural History Museum Global Volcanism Project
a time lapse animation showing worldwide volcanoes and earthquakes since 1960

DVDs

Title	Classification
Asian Tsunami	551.4637 ASI
Engineering disasters (Hurricane Katrina)	363.34 ENG
Go gas - Compressed natural gas: New Orleans - One year on after Hurricane Katrina	070.43 ABC
Krakatoa revealed - 08/09/2008	551.21 KRA
Landslides	363.349 LAN
Mega Volcano	551.21 MEG
Megaflood	551.489 MEG
Natural disasters- senior	904.5 NAT
Preparing for and living with natural disasters	363.34 PRE
Ultimate disaster: Volcano	551.2 ULT
Violent planet	363.34 VIO