A Day That Changed America: Earthquake!: On a Peaceful Spring Morning, Disaster Strikes San Francisco

by David Craig and Shelley Tanaka

Using never-before-published survivor narratives and informational sidebars, this book traces the moments of the early morning of April 19, 1906, when the city of San Francisco was struck by a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786818824
• ISBN13: 9780786818822
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

A picturebook coverage of one of the most famous disasters

The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 usually is written up for older audiences, so it's nice to see a picturebook coverage of one of the most famous disasters in American history, for kids in grades 2-4. In Earthquake! , all of the color drawings and black and white photos provide eye-catching detail of the events.