Waters - Softcover

Broda, Ron; Newlin Chase, Edith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0545994160 ISBN 13: 9780545994163

Publisher: Scholastic Canada, 2007

Synopsis

Follows a spring thaw's droplets to the great wide sea, while a myriad of water animals, including soaring birds, frogs, ducks, roaming bears, and frolicking dolphins can be found in and around the water

About this title

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2-Chase's poem follows a part of the water cycle, from the source of a tiny brook to a "grown-up brook" to a river and finally to the sea. The falling meter used throughout ("Slower, slower, slower flowing,/Wider, wider, wider growing") seems appropriate to the topic, yet the poem itself is rather lifeless and cliched. Broda's well-composed, vibrant paper-sculpture and watercolor illustrations enliven the presentation somewhat. Animals and interesting details crowd each double-page spread. Two old favorites, Alvin Tresselt's Rain Drop Splash (Lothrop, 1946) and Uri Shulevitz's Rain Rain Rivers (Farrar, 1969), cover this topic superbly and shine in comparison.?Marilyn Taniguchi, Santa Monica Public Library, CA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Canada
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0545994160
• ISBN 13: 9780545994163
• Binding: Paperback