Books
The Great Yellowstone Fire

Full-color photos enhance this overview of the 1998 Yellowstone fire, the evolving science of firefighting, and the impact of weather conditions and topography on fire behavior.
Fire in the Forest: A Cycle of Growth and Renewal

This middle-grade book explains how fire is a part of the natural cycles and stages of life, death, and rebirth in the forest.
Smokejumpers

A discussion of firefighters who parachute from planes, including those from the McCall Smokejumper Base in Idaho, and their intense training and study of fire science.
The Fire that Saved the Forest

Bernie the Bear learns about the dangers and benefits of wildfire in this discussion of fire ecology for younger readers.
National Geographic Readers: Wildfires

A colorful book for primary grade readers on the causes, dangers, and importance of wildfires.
Wildfire

A comprehensive look at the causes and effects of wildfires, the techniques used to control them, the history of wildland firefighting, and the role of fire in forest health. Detailed paintings illustrate the concepts.
The Charcoal Forest: How Fire Helps Animals and Plants

This book explores the new habitat created by fire and describes twenty plant and animal species of the Northern Rocky Mountains that thrive in the aftermath of wildfire. Fascinating discussion of how nature recovers from devastating events.
Fire: Friend or Foe

With an inviting format and amazing photographs, this book describes scientists' growing knowledge of the power of wildfire. As scientific understanding of naturally occurring fire has progressed, humans have become more skilled at living with, utilizing, and controlling fire.
Wildfires

Full-page color photographs and clear text written by a veteran science writer reveal the destructive power of wildfire, as well as its place in renewing the ecosystem. Of particular interest is the focus on the fires that burned in Yellowstone in 1988.