Climate Change and Extreme Storms by Mary Dykstra
Published by Lerner Publications (Tm) on January 1st 2019
ISBN: 1541538633
Pages: 32
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This climate book reports on the hazards of climate change, highlighting recent newsworthy hurricanes, storms and flooding.  The text also explains how we are trying to offset the damage, by building storm-sturdy buildings, roads, and bridges and how we can track these approaching storms with satellites and warning systems.

Other than turning off the lights, however, it does not give any solutions or suggestions that children could engage in to help solve this crisis.  It does not explain how these changes occurred in our climate.  There is a page dedicated to what children can do to help prepare for a storm, how to donate items to people in need, and referring them to local pet shelters to offer assistance.  A brief timeline, glossary and fact sheet for more referrals is found in back of book.

The text is very readable; photos are informative.  I would have preferred to see the glossary terms explained in bubbles or boxes in the text of book, rather than in back.

Reviewed by Irene Hall, Witherle Memorial Library, Castine