Great Fiction & Nonfiction Books
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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All the Water in the World
By: George Ella Lyon
Illustrated by: Katherine Tillotson
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Rich, rhythmic language combines with lush illustration to poetically describe the water cycle...
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Blue Floats Away
By: Travis Jonker
Illustrated by: Grant Snider
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A little iceberg strikes out on a big journey in this picture book that explores the wonders of...
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Clouds
By: Anne Rockwell
Illustrated by: Anne Rockwell
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Learn about 10 different types of clouds — cirrus, stratus, and cumulus — as well as...
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Have You Seen My Duckling?
By: Nancy Tafuri
Age Level: 3-6 years old
An anxious mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling...
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I Get Wet
By: Vicki Cobb
Illustrated by: Julia Gorton
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Fun hands-on activities: in this beginning science book, a boy learns some of the properties of...
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It Looked Like Spilt Milk
By: Charles G. Shaw
Age Level: 3-6 years old
The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a...
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Kumak's River: A Tale from the Far North
By: Michael Bania
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Spring comes to a remote Alaskan village, and the ice on the frozen river cracks and breaks and...
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Make Way for Ducklings
By: Robert McCloskey
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Mrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for...
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Mr. Gumpy's Outing
By: John Burningham
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Mr. Gumpy lives by a river. One sunny day he decides to take a ride in his small boat. It is...
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Over in a River: Flowing Out to Sea
By: Marianne Berkes
Illustrated by: Jill Dubin
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Slither like water snakes and slide like otters while singing to the tune of "Over in a Meadow...
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Rain
By: Manya Stojic
Age Level: 3-6 years old
When rain comes to the parched African savanna, the animals use all their senses to track the...
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Rain Drop Splash
By: Alvin Tresselt
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Follow the course of a heavy rain as it drenches people and animals and changes the landscape...
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Rain Rain Rivers
By: Uri Shulevitz
Age Level: 3-6 years old
It rains! It rains all over town, pattering congenially on windowpanes and rooftops. From...
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Swamp Chomp
By: Lola Schaefer
Illustrated by: Paul Meisel
Age Level: 3-6 years old
As swamp residents move, water ripples and the creatures munch, gulp, swallow and more. Short,...
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Trout Are Made of Trees
By: April Sayre
Illustrated by: Kate Endle
Age Level: 3-6 years old
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Water Boy
By: David McPhail
Age Level: 3-6 years old
When a little boy overcomes his fear of water, fantastic things begin to happen: The birds who...
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Water Is Water
By: Miranda Paul
Illustrated by: Jason Chin
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Lyrical language and handsome, realistic watercolors present water in its many forms, from...
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Watersong
By: Tim McCanna
Illustrated by: Richard Smythe
Age Level: 3-6 years old
In onomatopoeia, the author takes the reader on a wonderful journey as a fox seeks shelter from...
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Where the River Begins
By: Thomas Locker
Illustrated by: Thomas Locker
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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A Cool Drink of Water
By: Barabara Kerley
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Beautiful full-page photographs and spare, poetic text give global perspective to the idea that...
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A Country Far Away
By: Nigel Gray
Illustrated by: Dupasquier Philippe
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A remarkable and delightful book that shows how children are alike the world over, while at the...
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A Drop of Water
By: Walter Wick
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Filled with stop-action and close-up photography, this book features images like a single...
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A River
By: Marc Martin
Age Level: 6-9 years old
There's a river outside my window. Where will it take me? So begins the imaginary journey of a...
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A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History
By: Lynne Cherry
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Learn how the modern-day descendants of the Nashua Indians and European settlers were able to...
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Bartholomew and the Oobleck
By: Dr. Seuss
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Bored with rain, sun, fog, and snow, King Derwin of Didd summons his royal magicians to create...
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Beavers
By: Gail Gibbons
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Beavers are fascinating animals. They build their own homes and live in family groups. They keep...
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Bridges Are to Cross
By: Philomen Sturges
Illustrated by: Giles Laroche
Age Level: 6-9 years old
This ingeniously engineered book takes readers from the car-carrying Golden Gate Bridge in San...
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Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
By: Verna Aardema
Illustrated by: Beatriz Vidal
Age Level: 6-9 years old
The tale of herdsman Ki-pat is set on a dry African plain and is told in the familiar cadence of...
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
By: Judi Barrett
Illustrated by: Ronald Barrett
Age Level: 6-9 years old
If food dropped like rain from the sky, wouldn't it be marvelous! Or would it? It could, after...
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Come on Rain!
By: Karen Hesse
Illustrated by: Jon J Muth
Age Level: 6-9 years old
"Come on, rain!" Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the...
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Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up
By: Sally Walker
Illustrated by: William Grill
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A combination of haiku and impressionistic (but accurate) art, this book encourages readers to...
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Erosion
By: Joelle Riley
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Learn about what erosion is, how it happens, and the various ways that it can impact the Earth...
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Everglades
By: Jean Craighead George
Illustrated by: Wendell Minor
Age Level: 6-9 years old
As an Indian storyteller guides a boat of children down the sea of grass, he reveals the story...
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Explore Rivers and Ponds!
By: Carla Mooney
Illustrated by: Bryan Stone
Age Level: 6-9 years old
From puddles to lakes, streams to rivers, and bogs to swamps, each body of water contains an...
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Eye Wonder: Rivers and Lakes
By: DK Publishing
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Open your eyes to a world of discovery. Offering a new level of information through powerful...
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Flotsam
By: David Wiesner
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean
By: Arthur Dorros
Illustrated by: Arthur Dorros
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Grandfather’s Dream
By: Holly Keller
Age Level: 6-9 years old
The Vietnam war is over, and Grandfather and young Nam dream that the new dikes will restore the...
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Heat Wave
By: Eileen Spinelli
Illustrated by: Betsy Lewin
Age Level: 6-9 years old
The mercury is climbing in Lumberville, and the folks are doing everything they can to keep cool...
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I Know the River Loves Me / Yo se que el rio me ama
By: Maya Christina Gonzalez
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Whenever Maya visits the river, the river jumps up to greet her. It cools her when the summer...
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I Walk for Water
By: Lindsey Andrews
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Join a boy's daily walk to find water in his native African country. Along the walk, discover...
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Letting Swift River Go
By: Jane Yolen
Illustrated by: Barbara Cooney
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Sally Jane's experience of changing times in rural America, as she lives through the drowning of...
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Lotus and Feather
By: Ji-li Jiang
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Inspired by the true story of a crane that rescued a Chinese village. One day, when a village...
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Marshes and Swamps
By: Gail Gibbons
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Get an introduction to the concept of wetlands (swamps have trees, and marshes do not) and learn...
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McElligott’s Pool
By: Dr. Seuss
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Marco daydreams of all the possibilities that await him while he fishes in McElligot's Pool....
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Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story
By: Thomas R. Yezerski
Age Level: 6-9 years old
The 20,000 acres of wetlands in New Jersey now known as the Meadowlands were once home to...
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Minn of the Mississippi
By: Holling C. Holling
Age Level: 6-9 years old
The history of the Mississippi River Valley is told in text and pictures through the adventures...
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Oil Spill
By: Melvin Berger
Illustrated by: Paul Mirocha
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Did you know that an oil spill occurs somewhere in the world almost every day of the year? This...
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Otters Love to Play
By: Jonathan London
Illustrated by: Meilo So
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Head to the river, where a frolicsome bunch of otters plays all year round. Follow the baby...
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Our World of Water
By: Beatrice Hollyer
Age Level: 6-9 years old
This book follows the daily lives of children in Peru, Mauritania, the United States, Bangladesh...
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Over and Under the Pond
By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by: Christopher Silas Neal
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Discover the plants and animals that make up the rich, interconnected ecosystem of a mountain...
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Pickles to Pittsburgh
By: Judi Barrett
Illustrated by: Ron Barrett
Age Level: 6-9 years old
In this charming sequel to the classic Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Kate and Henry eagerly...
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Pond and River
By: Steve Parker
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Prince William
By: Gloria Rand
Illustrated by: Ted Rand
Age Level: 6-9 years old
In Prince William Sound, a little girl named Denny finds a baby seal covered with oil. How can...
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River
By: Debby Atwell
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Explore the changes that occur through the centuries along a riverbank, from the arrival of the...
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River Story
By: Meredith Hooper
Illustrated by: Bee Willey
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Follow a river from its beginnings as a mountain stream formed from melting snow, as it rushes...
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River Town (Small Town U.S.A.)
By: Bonnie Geisart
Illustrated by: Arthur Geisert
Age Level: 6-9 years old
During the 18th and 19th centuries, small towns sprouted up along the banks of America's rivers...
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River Wild: An Activity Guide to North American Rivers
By: Nancy F. Castaldo
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Learn about the formation of rivers, the water cycle, and the variety of habitats that exist...
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Rivers of Sunlight
By: Molly Bang
Illustrated by: Penny Chisholm
Age Level: 6-9 years old
How does the sun keep ocean currents moving and lift fresh water from the seas? What can we do...
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Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
By: Joyce Sidman
Illustrated by: Beckie Prange
Age Level: 6-9 years old
From spring’s first thaw to autumn’s chill, the world of the pond is a dramatic place. Though...
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Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet
By: April Pulley Sayre
Age Level: 6-9 years old
This love letter to Earth is an exploration of the beauty and complexity of the world around us...
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The Big Rivers: the Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Ohio
By: Bruce Hiscock
Illustrated by: Bruce Hiscock
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Boats on the River
By: Marjorie Flack
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The Boxcar Children: Houseboat Mystery
By: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with heir...
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The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks
By: Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Ms. Frizzle, an unflappable science teacher, drives the magical school bus into a cloud where...
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The Raft
By: Jim LaMarche
Illustrated by: Jim LaMarche
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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The River: An Epic Journey to the Sea
By: Patricia Hegarty
Illustrated by: Hanako Clulow
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Follow a little fish on her epic journey downriver as she travels out into the unknown. With...
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The Ultimate Book of Water
By: Anne-Sophie Baumann
Illustrated by: Vanessa Robidou
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Discover the fascinating world of water! From a tiny drop to an enormous ocean, one of Earth's...
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The Water Princess
By: Susan Verde, Georgie Badiel
Illustrated by: Peter H. Reynolds
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Princess Gie Gie’s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce and she...
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Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
By: Vera B. Williams
Illustrated by: Vera B. Williams
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Walter Was Worried
By: Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Age Level: 6-9 years old
"Walter was worried" is a portrait of a very worried Walter. But wait! The letters that spell...
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Water Dance
By: Thomas Locker
Age Level: 6-9 years old
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Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube
By: Pat Mora
Illustrated by: Meilo So
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Evocative watercolors and short, lyrical poems take readers on a trip, “Around our round world”...
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Water Wonders: The Curious Adventures of Sydney & Symon / Las Maravillas del agua
By: Peter H. Reynolds, Paul A. Reynolds
Illustrated by: Renee Kurilla
Age Level: 6-9 years old
In this bilingual book, two young scientists, Sydney and Symon Starr, a sister and brother team...
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Water: National Geographic Kids
By: Melissa Stewart
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Water is all around us; we drink it every day. In this level 3 reader, kids will learn about the...
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Weather Poems for All Seasons
By: Lee Bennet Hopkins
Age Level: 6-9 years old
From the catchy nonsense of X. J. Kennedy's 'Snowflake Souffle' to the simple, surprising...
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Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs
By: Patricia Lauber
Illustrated by: Holly Keller
Age Level: 6-9 years old
What do you and a tuna have in common? You are both part of a food chain that begins with green...
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Why Should I Save Water?
By: Jen Green
Illustrated by: Mike Gordon
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Children learn that clean water is one of our most precious natural resources. Find dozens of...
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home
By: Michelle Mulder
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Why the world’s water resources are at risk and how communities around the world are finding...
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Flush
By: Carl Hiaasen
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the...
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How to Cross a Pond: Poems About Water
By: Marilyn Singer
Illustrated by: Meilo So
Age Level: 9-12 years old
From “Water Music” and the “Babbling Brook” (it speaks in Brookish) to an ocean that “sometimes...
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Luz Makes a Splash
By: Claudia Davila
Age Level: 9-12 years old
With a heat wave and a drought threatening the city's water supply, Luz and her friends dive...
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Make a Splash! A Kid’s Guide to Protecting Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers and Wetlands
By: Cathryn Berger Kaye, Philippe Cousteau
Age Level: 9-12 years old
This book teaches elementary kids about the earth’s water crisis and empowers them to do...
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My Water Comes From the San Juan Mountains
By: Tiffany Fourment
Illustrated by: Dorothy Emerling
Age Level: 9-12 years old
An introduction to the nation's watershed, the Continental Divide, and how snowmelt forms the...
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Not a Drop of Water to Drink: Water for a Thirsty World (National Geographic Investigates)
By: Michael Burgan
Age Level: 9-12 years old
This book conveys a clear message to young readers about how precious clean water is and our...
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One Well: The Story of Water on Earth
By: Rochelle Strauss
Illustrated by: Rosemary Woods
Age Level: 9-12 years old
All water is connected. Every raindrop, lake, underground river and glacier is part of a single...
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Paddle-to-the-Sea
By: Holling Clancy Holling
Illustrated by: Holling Clancy Holling
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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River of Words: Young Poets and Artists on the Nature of Things
By: Pamela Michael
Age Level: 9-12 years old
An illustrated anthology of writing about water and nature by young people from the U.S. and 22...
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Rivers: A Visual History from River to Sea
By: Peter Goes
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Our seas and rivers tell a compelling story about our planet. Take a journey along the most...
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Simple Steps Toward a Healthier Earth
By: Molly Smith
Illustrated by: Tad Carpenter
Age Level: 9-12 years old
It's easy and fun to be green! This activity book encourages kids to reduce waste and make their...
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The Dam Keeper
By: Robert Kondo
Illustrated by: Dice Tsutsumi
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Life in Sunrise Valley is tranquil, but beyond its borders lies certain death. A dangerous black...
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The Drop in My Drink
By: Meredith Hooper
Age Level: 9-12 years old
This is the story of a drop of water. The book takes us back thousands of years to see where the...
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers
By: Langston Hughes
Illustrated by: E.B Lewis
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Dazzling watercolors turn Hughes' short poem into an unforgettable glimpse of African...
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The Wind in the Willows
By: Kenneth Grahame
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Mole, Mr. Toad, Badger, and Ratty have enchanted children of all ages. Whether the four friends...
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Water Wow!
By: Paula Ayer, Antonia Banyard
Illustrated by: Belle Wuthriche
Age Level: 9-12 years old
A colorful infographic look at the many surprising and fascinating facts about water. Where did...
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Water: A Deep Dive of Discovery
By: Christy Mihaly
Illustrated by: Mariona Cabassa
Age Level: 9-12 years old
A friendly water droplet character guides children through topics ranging from melting and...
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Water: DK Eyewitness
By: John Woodward
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Water dives into every aspect of Earth's most precious resource-its chemical properties, its...
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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clean Water!
By: Roger Canavan
Illustrated by: David Antram
Age Level: 9-12 years old
How would you cope in a world without water? Featuring comprehensive diagrams, a timeline,and...