Inside Volcanoes

By Melissa Stewart

Book Overview

What causes scorching hot lava to spike through Earth's crust and make a volcano blow its top? Do volcanoes exist in space? What do brave volcanologists learn by climbing right into a volcano's mouth? In the wake of the eruptions by Iceland's Eyjafjallajkull, everyone wants to know! Ten spectacular gatefolds, plus incredible photos, graphs, maps, diagrams, and first-person stories, take intrepid young explorers right to the source to find out.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402758766
• ISBN13: 9781402758768
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5