Hey, Water!

"Hey, Water!" follows a young girl as she discovers where all water can be found and how the water cycle works. I rated this 4 stars because although it gives good, accurate information about where water is, there is no real life lessons to be learned from it. This book can really only be used in my content area, science. I can use it to show the differences in lakes, streams, etc. and to help explain the water cycle.

Loved this simple and lovely exploration of water in our lives. I'm also a sucker for good back matter, and this book provides several pages that go into greater depth in the water cycle, states of water, the scarcity of water, and ways to use it responsibly.

Hey, Water! is a book that shows different types of water as well as water in different forms. At the end, it summarizes the water cycle as well as explains the importance of conserving water. Being highly illustrated, this is a great book for young children to get them to think about the world around them. I would use this book in science class with introducing the water cycle or to relate students to their own backgrounds to get them interested in Science. I enjoyed reading this cute little book as a fun and easy read.

Summary: Young kid book about water. A girl experiences water in its various forms, addressing it directly ("Hey Water!").

Personal Reflection: Nice use of action to engage younger kids in thinking about all the different ways water acts. Evocative descriptions of water's forms. Fog, for example, "drifts in the air and hides the world." Really easy to imagine captivating young kids with a good reading of this book.

This book is suitable for primary grades. It is about water and all the ways it exists in the world. The book contains simple illustrations and word use and it portrays how water is found everywhere–including in us! I would absolutely use this book in my classroom as apart of a lesson plan about water forms or the water cycle. It is simple to understand and allows children to gain an awareness for the presence of water all around them.

This book may seem like its meant only for younger grades, but this would be great for an ESL student. This book shows the reader all the different forms water can be found in, and uses simple word phrases to convey that message, and pictures. This book is easy to follow along with because of the pictures it has for the readers. I would definitely use this book in my classroom, and also recommend it to an ESL teacher to help with some basic traits of water.

In this book about water, Portis shows all te different aspects of water in our life. How they connect to each other and how we use and view them in our daily lives. The book follows a young girl who navigates the different ways we use water in our daily lives. This book is a good read for young elementary students who are learning about the different shapes and forms of water. How water we use in our showers connect to the lake water we swim in. This is a very easy read with great illustrations showing the different ways we use and see water. I would suggest using this book when introducing water in science. The students could come up with different ways we use water in our day to day lives after reading this book to connect it to show more their own lives. show less