The Volcano Book for Children, Mums, Dads and Teachers: UK and Europe Edition

The Volcano Book for Children, Mums, Dads and Teachers is written for children who are fascinated by volcanoes. At the same time adults will also enjoy learning about volcanoes. The book tells you where you can go and see some volcanoes and which ones are the most deadly. Rick Lomas wrote this book because his eldest daughter Madeline kept asking him questions about volcanoes. 

Rick says: 

"When Madeline was about 7 years old she was quite shocked when she realised we had taken her on holiday to Lanzarote when she was just one year old. Madeline always liked to call Lanzarote, ‘Volcano Island’. Even when she was quite little she would want to know how dangerous volcanoes were and where to go and see some. I guess when her younger sister Rosalie gets a little bit bigger she will be asking me similar questions too!" 

So this book is for children and for their parents too. Teachers will find this useful too. It is not too complicated, but at the same time no important points have been skipped over. It is almost impossible to talk about volcanoes without knowing what a pyroclastic flow or a lahar is, so that is all explained in here.

The book concludes with a 'Volcano Dictionary' which explains all the technical terms that you might come across when learning about volcanoes.

Rick was temptied to make this book a light hearted and fun book, but the truth is that volcanoes have killed thousands and thousands of people since the earth began. The Lake Toba eruption nearly wiped humans off the planet completely! Although the danger of death by volcano is fairly low these days, it is good to know what has happened in the past and what could happen in the future. The unknown is what makes volcanoes so exciting. 

Hopefully you will have fun reading this and learn something at the same time. The book is aimed to be as entertaining and informative as it possibly can be whilst still being accurate and packed with good information.

What is a Volcano?

Magma Chambers

What are Tectonic Plates?

What is a Caldera?

Active Volcanoes

Dormant Volcanoes

Extinct Volcanoes

The Ring of Fire

Are volcanos dangerous

Lava Flow

Pyroclastic Flow

Lahars

Poisonous Gases

Volcanic Ash

Different types of volcano

Different Types of Volcanic Eruptions

The nice things about volcanoes

The top 10 volcanoes to go and see

1) Stromboli, Italy

2) Kilauea, Hawaii

3) Etna, Sicily, Italy

4) Teide, Tenerife, Spain

5) Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand

6) Mount Fuji, Japan

7) Cotopaxi, Ecuador

8) Sierra Negra, Galapagos

9) Yellowstone Supervolcano, Wyoming, USA

10) Montserrat, West Indies

The top 10 most deadly volcanoes ever

1) Mount Pelée, Martinique

2) Krakatoa, Indonesia

3) Mount Tambora, Indonesia

4) Mount Vesuvius

5) Mount Unzen, Japan

6) Nevado del Ruiz, Columbia

7) Laki and Grimsvötn, Iceland

8) Santorini, Greece

9) Huaynaputina, Peru

10) Lake Toba, Indonesia

Find out more about volcanoes

Volcano Dictionary

The book is most suitable for children age 8 onwards. There is no upper age limit as the book encourages the reader to find out more about volcanoes themselves.