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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Galat, Joan Marie, 1963- author.
Title: Erupt! : 100 fun facts about volcanoes /
Joan Marie Galat.
Description: Washington, D.C. : National
Geographic Children's Books, 2017. | Series:
National Geographic kids fact readers |
Includes index. | Audience: Age 6 to 9. |
Audience: K to grade 3.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016051354 (print) | LCCN
2017016844 (ebook) | ISBN 9781426329128
(e-book) | ISBN 9781426329111 (hardcover) |
ISBN 9781426329104 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Volcanoes--Juvenile literature. |
BISAC: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Readers /
Beginner. | JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science
& Nature / Earth Sciences / Earthquakes &
Volcanoes.
Classification: LCC QE521.3 (ebook) | LCC
QE521.3 .G357 2017 (print) | DDC 551.21--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc .gov/2016051354
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