When Disaster Struck

These chapter books tell a great story that can be read from cover to cover. Each book features one natural or man-made disaster, including other related disasters as relevant. The treatment in each book is chronological and narrative. There is a lot of emphasis on the human angle and how these disasters affect the reader today. The titles carry curriculum content on history, science, design & technology, and geography. The books also have a range of literacy features, such as historical recount, extracts from newspapers, and personal accounts along with a range of text structures, like cause & effect, definitions, and questions & answers.