Drop: An Adventure through the Water Cycle

This delightful book about the water cycle is narrated by Drop, who's been around for the entire age of the Earth in one form or another: in rivers, lakes, glaciers, icebergs, clouds, rain, dinosaurs, and kids. The narration explains where Drop is going, while Drop makes little remarks with every adventure: "Drop has been glaciers... {Are we there yet?} and icebergs... {Guess I gotta be cool with this!} ...for a long, long time." It's an interesting, zoomed-in perspective on the water cycle, beginning not with the whole confusing landscape of all the possible sources and sinks of water, but just following the local journey of a single drop. You may be wondering whether introducing the water cycle to 5-year-olds matters. It does; science show more education research has established the importance of natural cycles as a unifying theme in kids' education, and curricula return to it with increasing complexity year after year. This book is a lovely introduction to the idea of something that is neither created nor destroyed, just moves around Earth from one place to another, forever. show less

Emily Kate Moon has such a gift of bringing her books to life for children. Her characters have such depth and personality - yes, even a water drop! Drop is so precious. Emily’s illustrations draw you in and keep you looking at every detail over and over. My kindergarten students love to study all the details and hear all the fun facts over and over. Drop is the best way to help your children learn all about the water cycle in such a fun, happy, sweet way. You have to have this book! A delightful book with a great story about a topic that’s important - water! More than that, it’s an easy interesting read for children! Well done!

Drop is an engaging narrator for this trip through the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, collection, transpiration) through every state of water (liquid water, solid ice or snow, gas water vapor). Cheerful and informative.

See also: Water is Water by Miranda Paul, Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis

Grades PreK - 3rd

This book follows the journey of drop a water molecule who has been around since the beginning of the world. It explains how the water molecule has been around since forever and has made life possible for humans and animals throughout time.
Age 5+
South Hill Public Library

water cycle in a different sort of way, also revealing parts of the cycle that are sometimes missed

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#34 in Children's Water Books (Books)
#66 in Children's Oceanography Books
#426 in Children's Earth Sciences Books (Books)
Blue Ribbon Selection of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in 2022 and 2023.
Independent Reading Level (K-3)