Water Rolls, Water Rises / El agua rueda, el agua sube

By Pat Mora, Meilo So
Paperback: $11.95

Now 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.

Description

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.

About the Creators

Pat Mora

Pat Mora is the celebrated Latina author of forty award-winning children’s poetry and prose picture books. A lifelong literacy advocate, she founded Children’s Day, Book Day (El día de los niños, el día de los libros) to celebrate children and motivate them to become readers with daily support from families, teachers, and librarians and annual festivities on April 30. Mora lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Visit her online at patmora.com.

Meilo So

Meilo So has illustrated numerous award-winning picture books. Her work is consistently praised for its spontaneity and ability to capture the essence of a person, animal, place, or object with very few brush strokes. Animals and birds feature prominently in many of her books, and they appear wherever they can in Water Rolls, Water Rises. A native of Hong Kong, So now lives in the Shetland Isles, Scotland, with her husband and their daughter. Visit her website, meiloso.com.

Awards

  • Junior Library Guild Selection

    Junior Library Guild

  • ALSC Notable Children's Books

    American Library Association (ALA)

  • Charlotte Zolotow Award

    Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

  • Riverby Award for Young Readers

    John Burroughs Association

  • Green Earth Book Award Shortlist

    The Nature Generation

  • Best Children's Books of the Year Outstanding

    Bank Street College of Education

  • CCBC Choices

    Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

  • Delaware Diamonds Awards

    Diamond State Literacy Association

  • Tejas Star Reading List

    Texas Library Association (TLA)

Reviews

  • "This handsome, bilingual picture book transports children around the world to view water in many forms. . . Both the images and the poetic text and verse support the book's unifying theme of water as a shared resource that takes many forms. With a strong sense of line, form, and color, So creates a varied series of intriguing pictures, each with a strong sense of place."

    - Booklist
  • * "A lovely bilingual addition to the 'sense of wonder' shelf."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • "An expressive celebration of the world's waterscapes."

    - Publishers Weekly

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781643792392
  • Publication Date Oct 01, 2014
  • Trim Size 10.75 × 9 in
  • Weight 0.375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Hardcover

  • ISBN 9780892393251
  • Publication Date Oct 01, 2014
  • Trim Size 10.75 × 9 × 0.5 in
  • Weight 1 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Interests

  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JNF / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Water(Oceans, Lakes, etc.)
  • BISAC Category 2 JNF / Poetry / General
  • BISAC Category 3 JNF / Diversity & Multicultural
  • Themes Animal / Biodiversity / Plant Adaptations, Bilingual, Cultural Diversity, Earth / Sun / Moon System, Education, Environment / Nature, Exploring Ecosystems, Five Senses / Body Parts, Informational / Expository Nonfiction, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, Multiple Ethnicities Represented, Nature / Science, Nonfiction, Poetry, STEM / STEAM, Water
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 6 - 11
  • Grade Range Grades 1 - 6
  • Guided Reading R
  • DRA 40
  • Interest Level Grades 1 - 6
  • Lexile Code AD
  • Lexile Level 930
  • Reading Level Grades 3 - 5
  • Bebop Reading Fluent
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