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    The document summarizes a book review of "The Great American Dust Bowl" from the Children's Book and Media Review journal. It discusses how settlers replaced native grasses with wheat on the Great Plains, and when a drought hit, the exposed soil was swept up in massive dust storms. The review praises the graphic novel format and its use of illustrations and earthy tones to vividly depict the historic dust storms and their aftermath. It concludes the book successfully informs readers about the dust bowl in an engaging way.

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    Children's Book and Media Review

    Volume 38
    Article 41
    Issue 7 July 2017

    2017

    The Great American Dust Bowl


    Ariel Woodbury

    Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr

    BYU ScholarsArchive Citation


    Woodbury, Ariel (2017) "The Great American Dust Bowl," Children's Book and Media Review: Vol. 38 : Iss. 7 , Article 41.
    Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol38/iss7/41

    This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the All Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Children's
    Book and Media Review by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact scholarsarchive@byu.edu,
    ellen_amatangelo@byu.edu.
    Book Review
    Woodbury: The Great American Dust Bowl

    Title: The Great American Dust Bowl


    Author: J. D. Rinehart
    Reviewer: Ariel Woodbury
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
    Publication Year: 2013
    ISBN: 9780547815503
    Number of Pages: 80
    Interest Level: Intermediate
    Rating: Outstanding

    Review
    The settlers of the Great Plains replaced the naturally occurring grasses with wheat. When a drought
    struck the plains the wheat couldn’t hold the soil together and it got swept up into great dust storms
    that darkened the sky, suffocated animals, and even derailed trains.

    This graphic novel depicts the historic American dust storms and their aftermath in fittingly earthy
    tones and expressive illustrations. This style of nonfiction writing is fun to read and makes the cir-
    cumstances of the dust bowl really come to life. The information in the book is informative and inter-
    esting, and delivered successfully with Brown’s excellent writing.

    Published by BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017 1

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