Be thankful for water : how water sustains our planet /

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A gorgeous exploration of water and how it is essential to sustaining life on Earth.

Would life be fun without water? It would not!

Pools for lap swimming, ponds for row boating,
Lazy rivers for paddling and floating,
Canoe in a creek, sail on the blue sea,
And on a big lake stand on one ski.
Snorkel in the ocean, what's down in the deep?
Jump in and splash from a cliff so steep!

Using lilting, rhyming couplets, this book explores the many way that water is essential to our lives and the existence of life on earth. But it doesn't stop there! Kids will also learn about the many uses of water - and the environmental danger to water posed by pollution and lack of respect for this precious resource. Kids are encouraged to be kind, not only to one another, but to the environment as well.

Kids will view the many forms of water in our lives and will view it in a whole new light after going on an aquatic eco-tour in this gorgeous poem about water.

This book is printed on responsibly sourced, 100% recycled FSC paper.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Kirkus Book Review

For habitat, cleanliness, weather, recreation, health, nutrition, and life itself, we are indebted to water. Each of the functions above is the focus of a different section in this very attractive ode to the uses of H2O. Each part begins with a similar rhetorical question about a waterless world: "Could we keep clean without water?" "Would life be fun without water?" "Would our bodies stay healthy without water?" "Would the earth have seasons without water?" Followed by the emphatic answers: "We could not!" "It would not!" "They would not!" "It would not!" At one point the book conflates weather and seasons, and a few verses don't quite flow, but for the most part, this is an utterly praise-worthy celebration of water. Near the end, a couple of pages suggest watery problems--"man-made debris," "factory black sludge," and "old plastic galore"--but we're soon back to the positive. A final double-page spread features abstract human figures holding signs labeled "Climate Change," "Water Is a Human Right," and "There Is No Planet B." The illustrations are a perfect fit: Bright, clear, without hard lines or shadows, they depict lots of active animals and lively, racially diverse kids, including several who use wheelchairs. This book will work both for lap and group reading. This colorful, easy-reading introduction to our planet's greatest resource makes a splash. (Informational picture book. 4-8) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Harriet Ziefert is a children's author born in 1941 in New Jersey. She has written several hundred children's books, including the Little Hippo series. Ziefert and illustrator Emilie Bon have collaborated on a series of "Little Hippo" books, the first of which was published in 1988 by Viking Penguin. The books are written for children between 1 1/2 to 5 years-of-age. They are intended to help children deal with change, like the addition of a new baby to the family or moving to a new house.

Her titles include Little Hippo's New Baby, Little Hippo's New Friend, Little Hippo's New School and Grandpa, Will You Play With Me?

(Bowker Author Biography)