Our World of Water

This informational book is about children's experiences with water around the world. The book focuses on 6 children from each continent of the world, including the U.S.A., Peru, Mauritania, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Tajikistan. It is a booky aimed to get young children (particularly in developed countries) about other children their age's experiences with water; how they value it, how they use it, and how they are able to obtain. I would have students in 4th-6th grade read this book, although 3rd graders may be able to understand it.

Our World of Water: Children and Water Around the World
Beatrice Hollyer
Henry Holt & Co., 48p.
2009
Hardcover, Non-fiction, Single topic
Ages 4-8
From their own voices, we learn about how water is central to the lives of children in Peru, Mauritania, California, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Tajikistan. Each child describes where their water comes from and how they use it, and through water we learn about diverse cultures around the world. Children studying natural resources will enjoy the real children in this book, and get a glimpse of how water is a scarce and precious global resource.

The life-sustaining importance of water is described through narratives and photographs of children from six di erent countries.

This book portrays how the different countries around the word use water. It compares school, home life, and how they drink water. The pictures are vital to the novel. Very informative. 3-4

How people use and get water around the world.
Bridging cultural gaps.

K-3

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