Earthquake
Book Description
This morning the earth shook
and threw us from our beds.
We were not hurt, just stunned.
Drawers spilled, dishes crashed,
pots and pans clanged as
they fell.
Ancestral portraits flew off
the walls.
Milly Lee's mother was eight years old in 1906, when San Francisco was shaken by a powerful earthquake. Buildings fell, fires flared, and the city burned for several days.More
and threw us from our beds.
We were not hurt, just stunned.
Drawers spilled, dishes crashed,
pots and pans clanged as
they fell.
Ancestral portraits flew off
the walls.
Milly Lee's mother was eight years old in 1906, when San Francisco was shaken by a powerful earthquake. Buildings fell, fires flared, and the city burned for several days.
Book Information
Publisher | Farrar Straus & Giroux |
Binding | Paperback (6 editions) |
Reading Level | Ages 4-8 |
# of Pages | 32 |
ISBN-10 | 0374419469 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0374419462 |
Publication Date | 02/21/2006 |
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About Yangsook Choi (Illustrator) : Yangsook Choi is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Yangsook Choi include Gai See: What You Can See in Chinatown, Behind the Mask, Landed, and ... more
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