How do volcanoes erupt? What is lava and what happens when it cools? Where are the world's biggest volcanoes? Just stay cool--and let Volcano Vulcan, Dragon Explorer, take you around the hotspots!

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This book is part of a book series called Jump Into Science .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by National Geographic Society .

Dr. Ellen J. Prager writes on geology and marine-related topics for children and adults and is the Assistant Dean at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami. She's the author of The Furious Earth: The Science and Nature of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis. She lives in Miami, Florida.