Water (Imagine This!) - Hardcover

Boyle, Doe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807586692 ISBN 13: 9780807586693

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2022

Synopsis

2023 Green Earth Book Award Children's Nonfiction Recommended Reading

All life is connected to water. It's our most precious resource.

Water. It is crucial for life on Earth, and it is everywhere. It is also the only substance on Earth that naturally has three forms: it can be a liquid, a solid, or a gas. Why is water so important for life?

About this title

About the Authors

Doe Boyle is the author of Heartbeat, Blink!, and Hear the Wind Blow, all published by Albert Whitman & Company. An editor and teaching artist, she often shares her love of language in arts-integrated school residencies, and she has written two travel guides about her home state of Connecticut, where the music and movement of Long Island Sound were among the first sensations she experienced. Doe is a founder of the Tassy Walden Award for New Voices in Children's Literature.

Ana Miminoshvili is an illustrator and designer, based in Tbilisi, Georgia. She completed her bachelor's degree in visual arts at TSAA. While still a student, she started taking her first steps in the creative industry. In 2018, after a few years of working at an agency, Ana left to become a full-time freelance illustrator.

Reviews

Gr 3-5-Vibrant, lush, illustrations immediately engage readers in this sophisticated introduction to water and the water cycle. The pages are structured as single-, double- and triple-panel, full-bleed spreads that provide an expansive feel to the topic, appropriate given the importance of water to our planet. Although lacking chapters, headings, or an index, the information flows well. The book opens with water in each of its natural states (liquid, solid, gas). Large water drops with text appear on many of the pages along with larger blocks of information. Next, the work looks at global harvesting and preservation in places where fresh water is in short supply, such as India, Kenya, Peru, and Nevada. It then features water's relationship with plants through photosynthesis and transpiration. The last pages are devoted to water and humans. Human hydration goes beyond sweating to include temperature regulation, flexibility, detoxing, brain function, and mood. The book ends with preservation and access awareness. The final page offers ideas on how readers can help water reach everyone, one drop at a time. An author's note, resources list of excellent titles, and glossary extend the text. One caveat is that the information is much more advanced and dense than the picture book format implies. Younger readers will need vocabulary and concept support while the absence of formal headings and chapters will deter older readers doing research. VERDICT A visually beautiful introduction to water in our present world, this title might best be suited as a read-aloud introduction geared to inspiring discussion and brainstorming.-Elisabeth LeBrisα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807586692
• ISBN 13: 9780807586693
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Miminoshvili Ana
• Number of pages: 32