Natural Disasters through Infographics (Super Science Infographics) - Softcover

Nadia Higgins is the author of 50-plus books for the school library market. She also worked as an editor in the industry for almost ten years. Many of her books have a science bent, though she's also written about pop stars, car art, and zombies. Nadia lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two young daughters.

"A well-designed infographic simultaneously conveys facts and presents their interrelationships in visual ways. With but rare exceptions (such as a graph of multiple star characteristics in Solar System, a representation of the water cycle in Weather, and the occasional pie chart elsewhere), the silhouettes and other figures in these volumes may be done in a pictorial graphic style but are really just illustrations or images inserted to add visual interest. However, each title does offer sheaves of basic information in particularly concentrated form, including topic-expanding closing spreads ('10 Ways to Live Green' in Life Science, for instance), and the resources lists are above average." ―School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

"This introduction to seismic events, from earthquakes to tsunamis, features brightly colored illustrations that give the title high visual energy. Along with maps showing tectonic plates and the locations of various hot spots and historical catastrophes, the images include schematic views of four kinds of volcanoes, quake-resistant features in San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid, and demonstrations of how the shape of a tsunami changes as it rolls over a continental shelf. Short descriptions of record-breaking disasters, the earth scientists who study their causes, survival techniques during disasters, and other high-interest topics are interspersed throughout the spreads. Eye-catching but limited in scope and level of detail, this entry in the Super Science Infographics would be best read as a supplement to more comprehensive titles, such as Claire Watts' Natural Disasters (2012) and Lydia Bjornlund's Natural Disaster Research (2012)." ―Booklist