<h3>Preschool and Elementary School:</h3><ul><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;Bear Loves Water&rdquo; by Ellen Weiss</strong> In this board book, Bear teaches readers about water in all its forms - puddles, bubbles, snowflakes and clouds.</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;Water (The Four Elements)&rdquo; by Carme Solé Vendrell and J.M. Parramó</strong> Text and illustrations explain the properties of water and its uses. Includes a special section to help adults answer children&#39;s questions.</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes">&ldquo;<strong>Water (My First Nature Books)&rdquo; by Andrienne Soutter-Perrot and Etienne Delessert</strong> Explains water in its different form and why every living thing needs water.</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;I Am Water&rdquo; by Jean Marzollo</strong> A first book about water in its different forms and uses.</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean&rdquo; (A Let&#39;s-read-and-find-out book) by Arthur Dorrors</strong> Explains how water flows from brooks, to streams, to rivers, over waterfalls, through canyons and dams to eventually reach the ocean.</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;Brother Eagle, Sister Sky&rdquo; by Susan Jeffers and Chief Seattle</strong> A story about Native American beliefs and how each generation deserves to breathe fresh air, drink pure water and to enjoy all the beauty that the earth offers.</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet&rdquo; by Meredith Hooper and Chris Coady</strong> Water takes on fascinating new significance as readers discover the amazing complexity of a substance we take for granted. Includes a detailed depiction of water cycles, amazing facts, and important environmental information. (9-12 years)</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;Snail Girl Brings Water: A Navajo Story&rdquo; by Geri Keams and Richard Ziehler-Martin</strong> A retelling of a traditional Navaho creation myth which explains how water came to earth. (6-10 years)</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;Water, the Source of Life (Voyages of Discovery)&rdquo; by Scholastic Books</strong> Combining realistic artwork with scientific facts, a young reader&#39;s introduction to water and its importance to the earth uses interactive pages that demonstrate water&#39;s role in tide movement, undersea grottoes, and coral reefs. (6-10 years)</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks&rdquo; by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen</strong> Mrs. Frizzle, the science teacher, drives the magical school bus into a cloud where the children shrink to the size of water droplets and follow the course of the water through the city&#39;s waterworks system. (4-8 years)</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;The Magic School Bus: Wet All Over&rdquo; by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen</strong> Experience the earth&#39;s water cycle first hand as Mrs. Frizzle&#39;s class rises into the air, forms a rain cloud, a drizzles down to earth just like rain. (4-8 years) Also available in Spanish &ldquo;El Autobus Magico - Se Salpica Todo&rdquo;.</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History&rdquo; by Lynne Cherry</strong> A history of New Hampshire&#39;s Nashua River starting 7,000 years ago until its recent reclamation. This is a good explanation of what can happen over time to a body of water and its wildlife -- what people can do to the environment and what they can do for it.</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;Raven Returns the Water&rdquo; by Anne Cameron and Nelle Olsen</strong> All the water in the world has disappeared and raven goes searching for it.&nbsp; She finds it, all of it, in the belly of a giant toad.&nbsp; Join raven in this Native American myth for children and adult alike.</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;Signs Along the River: Learning to Read the Natural Landscape&rdquo; by Kayo Robertson</strong> Helps a child or guiding adult understand and enjoy some of the sights, sounds, and goings-on in the natural world around us.</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;A Drop Around the World&rdquo; by Barbara Shaw McKinney and Michael Maydak</strong> A drop of rain is a drop of life.&nbsp; From steam to snow, from polluted to purified, from stratus cloud to subterranean crack, water links the world in a living flow.</span></p></li><li><p><span class="notes"><strong>&ldquo;Water Dance&rdquo; by Thomas Locker</strong> It&rsquo;s the most common substance on earth, covering nearly three-quarters of the planet.&nbsp; Your body is more than two-thirds water.&nbsp; The amount of water on earth has been the same for hundreds of millions of years.&nbsp; Yet, how much do you know about how water moves through your world?</span></p></li></ul><h3>Middle School:</h3><ul><li><strong>&ldquo;A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder&rdquo; by Walter Wick</strong> Shows the different forms of water in amazingly detailed photographs; explains water&#39;s properties.</li><li><strong>&ldquo;Water Squeeze (SOS Planet Earth)&rdquo; by Mary O,Neill </strong>Discusses the importance of water in our lives and the dangers we create when we pollute the waters of the planet.</li><li><strong>&ldquo;Water: A Resource in Crisis (Saving the Planet)&rdquo; by Eileen Lucas</strong> Discusses the quality and quantity of water on a global scale and includes discussions of resources, the ways we use water, pollution, making water safe, taking care of our water, and taking action.</li></ul><h3>High School &amp; Adult:</h3><ul><li><strong>&ldquo;Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water&rdquo;</strong> by Marc Reisner This is a history of the American West&#39;s water and its great water projects that transplanted water to allow the phenomenal growth of California and the Southwest. The book&#39;s perspective of water rights, and ecologic and economic consequences of such actions focuses on government and business tactics.</li><li><strong>Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity (The Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series)&rdquo; by Sandra Postel</strong> The worldwide water crisis, according to this book, is due to its ready availability, low cost, people&#39;s overuse, and lack of respect for this life-sustaining resource. Solutions are giving for restoring and sustaining this essential lifeline.</li><li><strong>&ldquo;Tapped Out: The Coming World Crisis in Water and What We Can Do About It&rdquo; by Paul Simon</strong> Discusses increasing global population and a water supply that cannot increase; faced with this crisis, what can the average citizen do?</li><li><strong>Water: A Natural History&rdquo; by Alice Outwater </strong>Takes us on a journey 500 years past to present to recover a lost knowledge - how the land cleans its own water, how natural ecologically interacting systems can create healthy waterways.</li><li><strong>&ldquo;Water Wars: The Fight to Control and Conserve Nature&#39;s Most Precious Resource&rdquo; by Olga Cossi</strong> Discusses how we have to change our habits and our ways of thinking in order to preserve the earth&#39;s water resources - the crucial role water plays in nature and how dwindling supplies are affecting the various ecosystems of the world.</li></ul>