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1) Plague
Author
Publisher
Copper Beech Books
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Presents a fictional story set in the future about a mysterious plague that terrorizes a city and discusses the history, causes, and prevention of plagues.
2) Pandemics
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Although modern medicine can successfully treat and prevent many diseases, infectious diseases have the potential to spread across the globe. When an outbreak begins, it is difficult to predict just how easily the disease will spread or how deadly it will be. But scientists and government officials must prepare for the worst. They must respond quickly to outbreaks if they are to prevent the spread of dangerous communicable disease and protect public...
Author
Pub. Date
s202
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
What is the Coronavirus Disease COVID-19? An illness that emerged in 2019. A fast-spreading disease that caused one of the world's deadliest pandemics. A serious disease that has killed over three million people worldwide. All of the above. Find out more in this illustrated book. Welcome to Who HQ Now, featuring the newsmakers and hot topics that are making headlines today.
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Describes the 1918 influenza pandemic, from how World War I soldiers spread the disease to recent scientific efforts to understand the virus that took between twenty and forty million lives worldwide.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Engrossing true stories of the pioneers of epidemiology who risked their lives to find the source of deadly diseases-now revised to include updated information and a new chapter on Covid-19.
More people have died in disease epidemics than in wars or other disasters, but the process of identifying these diseases and determining how they spread is often a terrifying gamble. Epidemiologists have been ignored, mocked, or silenced all while trying to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
With a mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels, this book uncovers the hidden truths about history's pandemics, from the Black Death to COVID-19--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The deadly outbreak of plague known as the Great Mortality, which struck Europe in the mid 1300s and raged for four centuries, wiped out more than 25 million people in the course of just two years. With its vicious onslaught, life changed for millions of people almost instantaneously. Deadly pandemics have always been a part of life, from the Great Mortality of the Middle Ages, to the Spanish Influenza outbreak of 1918, to the eruption of COVID-19...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Read and find out the science behind a pandemic and how to stay safe in this illustrated, informative nonfiction picture book.
Everybody gets sick now and then—maybe with a runny nose or a sore throat. But sometimes, a lot of people get sick at once. If a disease spreads all over the world, that’s a pandemic.
The current COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of kids across the world and has caused fear and confusion as people in charge have...
18) Plagues
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2020], 2020.
Language
English
Description
Provides a history of disease and pestilence as told from the point of view of the bugs and pests that caused them, from common diseases such as influenza, malaria and tuberculosis to such rare diseases as leprosy, cholera, and bubonic plague.
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