Reseña del libro "Water Rolls, Water Rises"
Lasting Connection Title, Book Links Junior Library Guild Selection Notable Children's Book, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Best Children's Books of the Year: Outstanding Merit, Bank Street College of Education Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Green Earth Book Award Short List, The Nature Generation Original Art Show, Society of Illustrators Traveling Art Show, Society of IllustratorsNow in paperback: In a series of poetic verses in both English and Spanish, readers learn about the movement and moods of water around the world and the ways in which water affects different landscapes and cultures.Water rolls/El agua rueda onto the shore/hacia la orilla under the sun, under the moon./bajo el sol, bajo la luna. Here is an ode to the beauty of the natural world as expressed by the movement and moods of water. With every evocative verse, we visit one of fourteen different water landscapes and cultural areas around the world. Each is stunningly illustrated with a breathtaking view of the drama, joy, power, serenity, grandeur, or peacefulness of water. From the Grand Canal of Venice to Qutang Gorge in China, from the Sahara in Morocco to the Andes of Chile, we learn about the world through the lens of water, our most precious, life-giving resource.
