Tummy Rumble Quake: An Earthquake Safety Book

I got this book for my daughter and her family, which includes 2 small children. It held the kid's attention w/o scaring them. Good tips for getting ready for and experiencing quakes. Highly recommend for families with young kids. Serves as a reminder for adults to prepare.

We live 8 miles from the San Andres fault in California and are surrounded by so many other fault lines. Teaching earthquake safety to kids in our area is just as important as teaching fire safety. Yet, I struggled to find a book that taught what kids needed to know to stay safe. Everything I found was written in Japanese but that was not helpful to us. Finally, I found this book and it goes over the basics little ones need to know and in a non-scary way.HOWEVER, there is a song in the book but no music to explain how to sing it. I could not even find a link to a website to learn the song. I guess i could make up a tune to sing it, but I would have preferred the music to be included in the book.

such a good way to tell children about something scary. Earthquakes are scary to young children, but Tummy Rumble Quake blends in with WA.'s shake out, it lets the youngest one join in, learning what to do, just like the older kids. keeps them calm adds a little fun, and helps them get through it.

Every child should have this book in their library.

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.---So the class (or whatever you call them) at this day care center is prepping for something called the Great ShakeOut (apparently a real thing -- I'm glad to hear that it exists), which is an Earthquake Preparedness activity. As part of that, they learn a bit about what causes earthquakes, what to do during one to say safe, and get some questions answered about the safety of others.So you get a little bit of a narrative -- just enough to give the kids something to hang on to -- and you run it through some basic lessons that are given in a way to help the reader (or person being read to) remember and learn from them. I don't know if seismologists would use the comparison to a rumbling tummy, but how many of them write children's books? It's a comparison that'll stick.My main -- really, only -- gripe with this is the song. There's no way to know how to sing this -- I'm sure it's best set to a familiar tune, but I have no idea what would work. I'd want to sing this to any kids I read this to/with -- and I have so little musical ability that there's no way I could even begin to guess what it should sound like. It's a great idea, and just the kind of thing that'd help cement the lessons in the mind of the target audience. But without a tune, it's just a little rhyme that isn't nearly as effective.Sager's art does the job -- the colors are great and eye-catching. It's clearly drawn on a computer, but retains a hand-drawn feel. I can't say I was dazzled by it, but I can also say that I've seen worse. I can't imagine many children in the target audience wouldn't find the illustrations suitable and effective (but probably not in those words).This book is such a great idea -- really. I like the concept, I think the execution is good, too. This is the kind of thing that'll implant itself in little brains and stay there for years. Parents, teachers, librarians, grandparents, and so on would really do well to pick this up and put it in front of young eyes.Disclaimer: I received this book from the author.

Ms. Mandy from Forest Daycare is getting ready for Great ShakeOut (Earthquake drill), by checking the furniture to make sure it is stable.Young rabbits, Lily and Niko are two inquisitive children who want to find out all about earthquakes, how they happen and what they should do in the event of one occurring.Ms. Mandy teaches them about the plates under the sea and how they move together. She also explains about the noise that they make, like when their tummy rumbles, and that the children, if indoors, should drop, cover, hold.Being in the UK, we don’t tend to get a lot of earthquakes that are sizeable to actually move items, and as far as I’m aware the highest magnitude ever recorded was 6.1, and this was out at sea and only felt in certain parts of the country. With this in mind, I don’t see this book being one that would become a household item, or read in schools here.However, across the world lots of countries suffer from substantial earthquakes regularly. For children in those countries this book would be a great teaching method, helping young children to understand the importance of what to do when an earthquake hits.The illustrations are both brightly coloured and full page size too, which really make the book stand out and very inviting.The important information is written in a child friendly manner and will not scare a child, but help them learn a vital lesson that one day could just save their life. The story dosen’t only teach little ones what to do if they are indoors, but when out and in a car too.This is a lovely little book. I don’t know what else is out there to help young children to understand what to do in an earthquake, but this book is short, to the point, looks good and is easy to understand.Book Reviewed on Whispering Stories book Blog*I received a free copy of this book, which i voluntarily reviewed

Fun book.