The Wettest Places on Earth

by Martha E. H. Rustad

Overview

Visit a city where rain falls almost daily. Find out what city had the most rain fall in one day. By opening this book you will journey to places on earth where precipitation reaches extreme highs. You may need an umbrella for this one!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429639668
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Series:	Extreme Planet
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	0.32(w) x 0.31(h) x 0.31(d)
Lexile:	NC870L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Martha E. H. Rustad is the author of more than three hundred nonfiction children's books, on topics ranging from baby ducks to black holes to ancient Babylon. She lives with her family in Brainerd, Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Soaking wet — Pago Pago, American Samoa — Lae, Papua New Guinea — Moulmein, Myanmar — Monrovia, Liberia — Mount Baker — Foc-Foc, Reunion Island — Cherrapunji, India — Mount Waialeale.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1-3–These compelling but slightly flawed books build short narratives around data on various unenviable records. Coldest, for example, invites readers to imagine living in a freezer, briefly explains the reasons for the temperature of some places, and then gets to the meat of the books: seven spreads covering the world’s most frigid environs, such as Mount McKinley (whose exact location is unfortunately not provided); and Yakutsk, Russia, the world’s coldest city. The texts are supplemented by sometimes banal “Extreme Fact” sidebars; by world maps (which lack country borders) pinpointing the extreme places; and by large, clear photographs. Glossary words are defined on the page on which they are used, a helpful feature.

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