Fire: Friend or Foe - Hardcover

Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395730813 ISBN 13: 9780395730812

Publisher: Clarion Books, 1998

Synopsis

Authoritative text coupled with spectacular photographs offer documentation of the role of naturally occurring fires--its benefits and its dangers--maintaining that fire plays an essential part in the natural balance of nature.

About this title

About the Author:

Children's book photo-illustrator William Muñoz  graduated from the University of Montana with a degree in history. He has provided photographs for more than 80 books. He lives in Montana with his family.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-8-After discussing the chemical properties of fire, Patent challenges assumptions about it as a harmful force and shows how it is a natural and productive part of the Earth's growth cycles. The clear, unsensationalized text is both informative and lively, with general statements often followed up with examples from the natural world. A discussion of fire-fighting methods focuses mainly on smoke jumpers. A chapter is devoted to the Yellowstone fires of 1988 and their aftermath. The book ends with a balanced look at forest-fire management and examples of successes and failures of prescribed burnings. Mu?oz's vivid full-color photographs range from dazzlingly bright scenes to the more subtle beauty of fireweed thriving amid charred and fallen trees. Seymour Simon's Wildfires (Morrow, 1996) also treats fire as a vital natural force in slightly less detail and Ann Armbruster's Wildfires (Watts, 1996) covers much of the same ground as Patent in a slightly less inviting format. Joy Masoff's Fire! (Scholastic, 1998) focuses on firefighters in fascinating detail while Laurence Pringle's Fire in the Forest (Macmillan, 1994) concentrates on the fire cycle's role in ecosystems. Patent and Mu?oz's title gives libraries another excellent purchase option in a key subject area.
Steven Engelfried, West Linn Public Library, OR
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0395730813
• ISBN 13: 9780395730812
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Munoz William