Fire Escape: How Animals and Plants Survive Wildfires

This nonfiction overview examines how animals detect, respond to, and adapt to wildfires, and how plants and wildlife are affected by these events. It explains that drought, warmer conditions, and poor forest management have lengthened wildfire seasons beyond summer. The book also addresses how climate change relates to the increasing frequency and severity of wildfires. Woodcut illustrations, photographs, and reference material accompany the text.