This question-and-answer book features a young girl and her grandfather exploring water’s role in world history and earth science. Topics include: How much water is there on earth? Why does it rain? How are rainbows and water related? How is a sea different from an ocean? What lives in our oceans? How powerful is water? What is life without water? How can we protect our planet’s water? The answers offer many vocabulary words clearly explained in the energetic text. The book’s endpapers reveal fascinating water facts. To illustrate the book, the author/artist sprinkled, dripped, and thinned acrylic paints with water. Approximately ten liters (2.6 gallons) of water were used to create the book’s gorgeous artwork. mjw |
| Title: Water: Discovering The Precious Resource All Around Us Author: Olga Fadeeva Illustrator: Olga Fadeeva Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. Grand Rapids, Michigan Copyright: 2024 Original Language: Russian Translator: Lena Traer Original Title: Boda Original Publisher: Rech Original Copyright: 2022 ISBN: 978-0-8028-5622-7 Hardcover pages: 56 Age range: 8-14 Genre: Picture Book, Nonfiction, Information Book Author’s ethnicity: Russian Author’s residence: St. Petersburg, Russia Illustrator’s ethnicity: Russian Illustrator’s residence: St. Petersburg, Russia Subjects: Earth Science, Ecology, History, Natural resources, Nature, Oceans, Rain, Science, Seas, STEAM. Weather |
Water: Discovering The Precious Resource All Around Us
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This question-and-answer book features a young girl and her grandfather exploring water’s role in world history and earth science. Topics include: How much water is there on earth? Why does it rain? How are rainbows and water related? How is a sea different from an ocean? What lives in our oceans? How powerful is water? What is life without water? How can we protect our planet’s water? The answers offer many vocabulary words clearly explained in the energetic text. The book’s endpapers reveal fascinating water facts. To illustrate the book, the author/artist sprinkled, dripped, and thinned acrylic paints with water. Approximately ten liters (2.6 gallons) of water were used to create the book’s gorgeous artwork.