Gravity by Jason Chin5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() An informative afterword gives more scientific details about the process outlined in the rather whimsical main text. Author Miranda Paul explores the many states of H2O, from liquid to vapor to ice, and every step in between, in her poetic text, one which highlights the involvement of a group of children in the water cycle over the course of a year. Water is always water in this lovely picture-book, but that doesn't mean it always stays the same. ![]() ![]() Maybe 4/4.5 for me in terms of engagement, but you have to really support well-written informational books, and ones about nature. I read this because I read illustrator Jason Chin's most recent and award-wnning book Grand Canyon, and I think the art work is the real prize here, but Miranda Paul's lyrical writing is also very strong, perfectly wedded to the watercolor images. Given my interest in the world's water crisis (and more local concerns for me such as the preservation of The Great Lakes and the poisoning of urban America, i.e., Flint and more recently Detroit, and my having recently taught a course about water and literature) I sort of expected a more political book, but was not disappointed, really. Water is Water is a lyrical informational picture book (consider that combination!) about the water cycle, from clouds to mud to apples to bodies, with a useful and engaging appendix (did you know that babies are 78% water but young children are 65% water? An oak tree is 75% water. ![]()
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