Winner of the Readers’ Favorite Award and
the 2009 Green Book Festival Award

Reviews

How many of us from our childhood actual thought you could dig to China? I know I did. And from the onset children’s author, Susan Berger pulls the reader into Earthquake with the line “I hate to tell you this, but you can’t dig to China.” Berger presents the causes, predictions, measuring, and facts of earthquakes in an easy to understand vibrant presentation. The intertwining of earthquake facts with everyday examples to conduct your own experiments will bring a deeper understanding to the reader. The cartoon fact charts and illustrations add a delightful way of explaining earthquakes to young readers and adults alike.
– Donna M. McDine 

I highly recommend this book for children everywhere. Susan Berger takes what could be a frightening subject and uses it to inform and empower children. “Earthquake!” has charts and graphs, plus illustrations of the inside of the earth. What is an earthquake? Can scientists predict when an earthquake will occur? What do the terms used to describe earthquakes mean? That and more will be found in this book.

– Jessica Aday Kennedy

This book is aimed at kids, but adults can learn a thing or two from it, too. Ms. Berger neatly covers the what, why, and how of earthquakes in easy to understand prose (but it doesn't talk down to the reader), graphs, factoids, and experiments that can be done in the home. Not only does she break down what is going on, but she provides action steps for preparing (which can be comforting and reduce panic when a quake hits). There is a lot of humor, well-placed, and I truly enjoyed this book. HUGE recommend.
– S. P. Thatcher

The factoids, charts and explanations are all fun and easy to understand, a nice balance of brightly-colored charts from such official sources as FEMA with the sorts of trivia treasured by both children and adults alike. What's more, the earthquake preparedness manual half of the book is good not only for earthquakes but disasters of all kinds. Yet even that part is written in a light-hearted manner, complete with projects kids can do to make even disaster preparedness fun.
– Tony C.

After reading this book I was amazed by the amount of good information contained in it aimed at a young audience. Not only does it explain the how's and why's of earthquakes but the different forms that they take in an easy to understand format with illustrations. The reader is also presented with simple experiments enabling you to recreate some of the scientific principles involved. Ms. Berger presents good information for steps to take before an earthquake hit, what to do when an earthquake hits and where and where not to go. As someone who has lived through the Northridge, CA earthquake of 1994, I can honestly say that this is a useful book for all people of all ages and I highly recommend it.
– Mike Sobel