It can be hard to write an educational picture book. You don't have any plot (or you DO and it feels tacked on and weird), and it may be a subject - like the water cycle - that seems to go best with dry, flat, boring diagrams with arrows on them.

The author has completely eschewed the normal approach to go with beautiful, evocative paintings and poetry.

It's not as informative, maybe, as an early science reader approach, but for an introduction to the subject or a younger child - or just for having around the house! - I think this is the better option. So get one standard, run of the mill book on the water cycle, but be SURE to get this one as well. You won't regret it. ( )

The Water Cycle

In Water Dance the water speaks of its journey from the mountains to the sea, from the sky to the land, through the land and across the terrain. The poetic verse trickles across the beautiful photographs of waters dance. This information book presents facts about water in both poetic form and includes a fact appendix about water for further discussion.

Grades K-6; In a classroom you could use this book for art or poem making. ( )

I liked how there was a small 4 line poem for each page, which was also one part of the water cycle. I think this book would be great for maybe 2nd-4th Graders. The illustrations were excellent. ( )