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Author Perdew, Laura, author.

Title The California drought / by Laura Perdew ; content consultant, Josué Medellín-Azuara.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Publishing Company, [2018]
©2018

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 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J 363.36 PERDEW    Check Shelf
Description 112 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 25 cm.
Series Ecological disasters
Ecological disasters.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. The California Droughtshines a light on California's lengthy and devastating dry period. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind climate change, groundwater, and human water use patterns, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the disaster's causes and effects, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Audience 789Y.
1130 Lexile.
Contents Extreme Drought -- Drought in Context -- The Human Factor -- The Urban Sector -- The Agricultural Sector -- The Environment -- Wildfires -- Living with the New Normal -- Into the Future.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.1 3 505034.
Subject Droughts -- California -- Juvenile literature.
Water-supply -- California -- Juvenile literature.
Wildfires -- California -- Juvenile literature.
Droughts. (OCoLC)fst00898449
Water-supply. (OCoLC)fst01172350
Wildfires. (OCoLC)fst01175216
California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
Droughts -- California.
Water-supply -- California.
Wildfires -- California.
Genre/Form Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
Juvenile works.
Literature.
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Medellín-Azuara, Josué, content consultant.
ISBN 9781532110207 (library binding)
1532110200 (library binding)
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