water

Investigates how water is constantly moving between Earth's surface, the air, and the ground.

Text and pictures introduce young readers to the science of water.

Trina learns how to conserve water and prevent litter to keep Earth's water clean.

Text and color illustrations explore how water use can be reduced, and how it can be reused and recycled.

Purrmaids Coral, Shelly, and Angel help clean up the ocean as a school project and rescue the brother of their mermicorn friend, Sirena, who is trapped by plastic soda rings.

"Today, 785 million people are living without access to safe water. Water-related illnesses are responsible for almost 1 million deaths each year. Clean water should be a basic human right, but far too few people have access to it. In this informative text, readers will study the global water crisis, how it reached its current state, and its impact on the environment and human lives. Real-life examples of the steps being taken to save Earth's water resources and improve the quality and availability of drinking water will inspire budding environmentalists to take action"--Provided by publisher.

"This . . . tale follows a raindrop's journey on Earth; from the time of the dinosaurs to the creation of the earliest cities and beyond. It explains how Earth has depended on the same water supply throughout its existence by flowing and falling all around us, fueling and forming much of what we have seen and used for millions of years"--Provided by publisher.

Instructions for simple experiments which explain various properties of water.

"Explains how the shape of Earth is changed by weathering and erosion from water, ice, wind, and gravity. It is this wearing away that carves out valleys, causes trees to topple over, and creates or destroys good farmland. Examples of changes to landforms help show young readers the effects of weathering and erosion."--From the publisher.

"Brockovich warns that America's water crisis isn't looming on the horizon--it's already here . . . [as] the most precious resource on planet Earth is alarmingly polluted by toxins, hazardous waste, lead, fracking chemicals, and more. . . She writes about the effects of climate change that have caused droughts in some areas and flooding in others, and shows how this is affecting us economically as well as destroying lives and property. She lays out the facts, and gives us the tools to take steps--large and small--to make changes in our own counties, cities and towns, and help to preserve our selves, our water, our planet"--Provided by publisher.