Independent Reading Suggested Books for 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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