Independent Reading Suggested Books for Preparing for the Worst: Natural Disasters
See our Independent Reading for Elementary Students Teacher Tool for guidance on how to use the suggested texts below.
Fiction Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes
- I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 by Lauren Tarshis (640L) *
- I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 by Lauren Tarshis (650L) *
- I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake by Lauren Tarshis (610L) *
- Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco 1906 by Gail Karwosk (770L)
- Surviving the San Francisco Earthquake (Eye on History Graphic Illustrated series) by Joann Cleland (690L)
Informational Texts to Build Content Knowledge
- Earthquakes (Let’s Read and Find Out Science series) by Dr. Franklyn Branley (750L)
- Earthquakes (True Books: Earth Science series) by Ker Than (890L)
- Eruption! The Story of Volcanoes by Anita Ganeri (640L) *
- Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives by Elizabeth Rusch **
- Mountains by Seymour Simon (1140L) **
- Planet Earth/Inside Out by Gail Gibbons (800L)
- Tsunamis (True Books: Earth Science series) by Chana Stiefel (830L)
- Volcano & Earthquake (Eyewitness Books series) by Susanna Van Rose (1060L) *
- Volcano: Eruption and Healing of Mt. St Helen’s by Patricia Lauber (830L)
- Volcanoes & Earthquakes by Tom Jackson (910L)
- Volcanoes (Let’s Read and Find Out Science series) by Dr. Franklyn Branley (590L) *
* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
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