An explosive introduction to the world of volcanoes from slow flowing lava to what causes an eruption.
Answers questions such as - how big are the rocks that explode from a volcano? And how far can a volcano explosion reach?

This book is part of a book series called Dk Eye Wonder .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .

This book has the following chapters: Spitting fire; jigsaw earth; hot spots; red-hot rivers; deadly blast; volcanic weather; in hot water; fire under the sea; birth of an island; tsunami; dead or alive?; living in fear; lava-land; Mount Saint Helens; Montserrat; land of fire; ancient tragedy; working in the hot zone; visiting volcanoes; weird and wonderful; out of the ashes.