All living things need water to survive. But when there is too much rain, a flood can happen. Learn how floods form and how we try to avoid them.

Marion Dane Bauer is the author of the acclaimed My Mother Is Mine, If You Were Born a Kitten, Grandmother's Song, and many other books for young readers. Marion is a professor of writing at Vermont College. She lives in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and can be reached at mariondanebauer.com.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Distributor: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 09-23-2008
Pages: 32
Measurements: 9in X 6in X 2.24oz