Врящите вулкани

by Anita Ganeri, Mike Phillips (Illustrator)

•Готов ли си да навлезеш в огнения свят на врящите вулкани?
•Да се изправиш пред нажежения поток от лава?
•Или да се разходиш край гейзерите, кито могат да те сварят живо?

Ако си способен да поемеш напрежението, ще научиш:

•кой е наблюдавал как в градината му расте... вулкан
•кой е оцелял след среща с вулкан
•къде се намира Вулканландия
•как можеш да спреш поток от лава
•как да се подготвиш за експлозивна почивка с наръчника за вулкански ваканции

Тази география не прилича на никоя друга и ще те накара да се разгорещиш!

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Geography, Childrens, School

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 19, 1999

About the author

Anita Ganeri is a highly experienced author of children’s information books, specialising in religion, India/Asia, multiculturalism, geography, biography and natural history. She became a freelance writer after working at Walker Books (as foreign rights manager) and Usborne Publishing (as an editor). Since then, she has written over 300 titles, including the best-selling Horrible Geography series for Scholastic. The series won the Geographical Association Silver Award in 1999 and was cited as being ‘an innovation that all geographers will applaud’. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society where she conducts most of her research for the books.

Reviews

[Manybooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

The general volcanic information Anita Ganeri provides in Violent Volcanoes (and I have been reading the 2015 edition on Open Library and not the 1999 first edition as was the case with her Stormy Weather), this seems to be (at least from what I personally know and have been taught regarding volcanoes both at school and equally so when I took a first year geography course at university) decently factually correct and nicely suitable for readers from about the ages of eight or nine onwards (albeit the lack of sources and no suggestions for further reading except for a few choice websites is definitely something I do find annoying and academically problematic, and that in my opinion, Ganeri should also be featuring so-called super volcanoes in Violent Volcanoes and also focus a bit more on vulcanism in the the distant, in the prehistoric past, such as for example present how the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event of two-hundred and fifty million years ago was likely caused by millions of years of continuous volcanism).

And just to say that with regard to my personal reading enjoyment of Violent Volcanoes, well, aside from my issues with Anita Ganeri not including bibliographical information and I also needing something about super volcanoes and prehistoric volcanism (see above), I also have two more bones of textual contention which cause me to rate Violent Volcanoes with only a three star rating, a rather high three stars to be sure, but not yet sufficient for me to consider four stars. For one, I have found the humour Ganeri uses in Violent Volcanoes crass, artificial, often leaving me feeling majorly uncomfortable when this is juxtaposed with stories of volcano related devastation and horror (not to mention that the constant denigrations of geography teachers and of teachers in general truly does makes me rather cringe). And for two, while Mike Phillips' black and white cartoons for Violent Volcanoes are aesthetically adept, personally speaking, I have found them much too silly for my tastes and also too visually unorganised and occasionally even quite confusing (and that I also would definitely prefer colour illustrations and also some photographs be included in Violent Volcanoes). So therefore, while Violent Volcanoes is definitely nicely educational, I am indeed with regard to text and images a bit bah humbug and that especially what Anita Ganeri thinks is humorous and is meant to lighten Violent Volcanoes for the most part just does not really work all that well for me (and actually not at all).

[Paul · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some very good and detailed case studies herein, but some if the simple facts provided, are quite simply wrong. Ganeri should opt for accuracy over making it fun, no doubt it is work like this that so confuses my pupils.

Eg. Tidal waves and tsunamis are NOT the same thing.
Also, volcanoes do NOT "...spurt out fire".

[Laura Fan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Violent Volcanoes - in this book there are suggestions on how to trick your teacher. This book is full to bursting of stories from people's diaries and other records of events. It's a favorite book of mine. I learned about the different kind of volcanoes, like shield volcanoes and cinder cones and composite volcanoes. I also read about the time Mount St. Helen blew it's whole top off. I like the facts like when Mount Tungurahua in Ecuador erupted, it rained fish that may have come from a lake in the crater. (-age 9)

[Jenny Webb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another hit with the 10 year old—this series seems to know its audience pretty well: curious, likes non-fiction/science, with a strong preference for pee puns and bad jokes :)

[Prince Arora · Rating 5 out of 5]

The books are written in a style that is easy to understand and engaging, with plenty of jokes and puns to keep children entertained. The series also makes use of different types of + such as quizzes, fact boxes, and lists, to break up the inforn and make it more digestible. My favorite thing to do is read ai.. finishing a book of literature in order to refresh my mind with information and humor.
5/5

[lilyy · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was a FIRE book. i understood a lot and learned that you do NOT want to put your head on pillow lava. also, ash preserves loaves of bread really well! *not a food hack. dont listen to me.* the volcanoes described in everyone's *secret diaries* are crazy. i think i'd be deaf to listen to krakatoa explode.

[Jeff King · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative. I read my son's book in a couple of hours.

[Kestrel Class · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lots of facts about volcanoes

[Josh G · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent for educating young readers

[Caoimhe ★ · Rating 3 out of 5]

thanks for the help with my geography test 🤣

[Mohammad Islam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entertaining and informative.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like I care about volcanoes more now, not exactly a modern masterpiece, but a nice read after losing my kindle.
p.s. for those invested, I will be reunited with it in 2 weeks and 2 days < 3

[Nikita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved reading this book to be honest especially since I actually went on the volcano of Mount Etna!! Quite an interesting read!🌋🗻🔥

[Year 5 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting

[Josef Komensky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alles wat men ooit over vulkanen wilde weten ...maar durfde niet te vragen.
;-)

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

45 - 2017

[Rafael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deparei-me com esse livro e não tinha grandes pretensões de gostar; confesso que o escolhi por ser pequeno para atingir uma meta, mas fui completamente surpreendido. Com linguagem fácil, piadas divertidas e dinamicidade, esse livro traz um incrível guia para lidar com os vulcões. Aprendi muito durante a leitura e, principalmente, passei por uma ótima tarde de leitura com ele. Embora o humor do livro seja simples e mais infantil, consegui me animar muito com ele e me divertir com as piadas e os jogos de palavras. A forma leve como tudo é passado e construído tornou uma experiência realmente relaxante e surpreendente. Não consegui achar defeitos no livro e tudo que posso dizer são coisas boas. Um livro simples e sem uma proposta completamente inovadora, mas fantástico de qualquer forma; cumpriu a tudo que se propôs de forma exímia.

[Rainier · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was about volcanoes. My favorite volcano fact was that one person had a volcano on their farm. I can't remember their names. It was in Mexico in 1943.

Here is an experiment to do:

You will need two corks for the magma and a jar of honey for the rocks.
A. Cover the corks in honey.
B. Watch them go up like magma, almost.
C. Spread a little bit of honey on bread and devour it. Please, take the corks out first.

That's the experiment.

My favorite way to stop a lava flow is to bomb it.
My favorite volcano joke was South American Plate, Andes FOOThills. Hahaha.

I would recommended this book to volcanologists, and my mom.

[An-Nisa Nur'aini · Rating 4 out of 5]

(-) WHERE DO THE OXFORD COMMAs GO, ANITA?

But, it's forgiven since...

(+)
a. Pretty much creative (I love The Daily Globe magazine idea!),
b. The geographical science (of volcanoes, volcanologically speaking),
c. An easy, friendly, fun way to learn the bits,
d. The puns,
e. My English vocabulary has gained 110 new words (I underlined the words I didn't know, and wrote the synonyms on the footnote),
f. The puns, again.
g. And I really, really need to get all the books in this Horrible Geography series... (It counts as a positive thing.)

[Nina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although it's a children's book, I quite enjoyed it! You've got facts, trivia's & testemonies in a nutshell, with a certain dose of humor. Ok, sometimes it's silly, but admit it... even the silliest jokes bring a smile to your face ;-)

[Tamaki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this book as this book makes me interested and contains a lot of information about volanoes.

[Nocturna Syn · Rating 3 out of 5]

WahnsinnsWissen. Brandhei

[Olivia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was really intrested in volcanos at the time I read this book so i picked it up and read, it was quite intresting but not the best, humor and pictures.

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun and entertaining read. A very enjoyable way to learn about this topic.

[Mao Mao · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book tells a lot of facts about how volcanoes form, where they are found, how they were named, and lots of stories about volcanic eruptions. Horrible Geography is my favorite geography series.

[Seshadri Koushik · Rating 5 out of 5]

we can know about
..... what are the volcanoes in world
...... how they affect us
.......what are the other issues about volcanoes
........ how to stop volcanoes

[Agnik · Rating 4 out of 5]

It had some interseting facts and a lots of different volcano eruptions. Can be really usefull for geography homework and exams.

[Mark Louie · Rating 4 out of 5]

After many Horrible Books, this one made me feel that sensation I felt the first time I read the Horrible History book.

[Thames · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is about volcanoes and facts about most of them.

I liked this book because it 'exploded' my mind!

I don't know why people name some big volcanoes 'Yellowstone'.