This story describes the formation, naming, and colonization of the twenty-seven-year-old volcanic island Surtsey and how the first animals and plants became established there.

• ISBN: 9781562823009
• Author: Lasky, Kathryn
• Illustrator: Knight, Christopher G.
• Published: 1992, Hyperion Book CH
• Themes: island, volcano
• Descriptors: Iceland, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction
• No. of pages: 64