Be Thankful for Water
By Harriet Ziefert & Brian Fitzgerald
$19.99
80 pages • Paper Over Board • Ages 4–8 • 17.68” x 10.25" •
ISBN: 978-1-63655-074-9
Pools for lap swimming, ponds for row boating,
Lazy rivers for paddling and floating,
Canoe in a creek, sail on the blue sea,
And on a big lake stand on one ski.
Using lilting, rhyming couplets, this book explores the many ways that water is essential to our lives and the existence of life on earth. But it doesn't stop there! Kids will also learn about the many uses of water—and the environmental danger to water posed by pollution and lack of respect for this precious resource. Kids are encouraged to be kind, not only to one another, but to the environment as well.
Kids will view the many forms of water in our lives and will view it in a whole new light after going on an aquatic eco-tour in this gorgeous poem about water.
This book is printed on responsibly sourced, 100% recycled FSC paper.
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Harriet Ziefert
Was among the founding pioneers in the development and teaching of what today is known as the Common Core Curriculum. Since then, she has written more than 200 books.
Ziefert launched the award-winning Jump-Into-Chapters series, which includes Scribbles and Ink, now a WGBH televised series. As a packager, Ziefert delivered the Caldecott honor-winning There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. The mother of two and grandmother of five, Ziefert lives in the Berkshires of Massachusetts.
Brian Fitzgerald
An internationally recognized, award-winning illustrator of children's books. He is a graduate of Ireland's National College of Art and Design and has also worked on publishing, editorial, and design projects. Brian lives and works in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin.