Water, Water (Growing Tree) - Hardcover

Greenfield, Eloise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0694012475 ISBN 13: 9780694012473

Publisher: HarperFestival, 1999

Synopsis

I see lakes,
and ponds,
and waterfalls, oh
water, water, water, everywhere I go.

From splashing to sipping, award-winning poet Eloise Greenfield covers all that's exhilarating about water. This cool, rhythmic text is at once entertaining and educational. Jan Spivey Gilchrist's bright watercolor illustrations are as refreshing as the text and help pursue this favorite element from the kitchen sink to the sea.

About this title

About the Author:

Eloise Greenfield's love of writing shines through brilliantly in each and every one of her books, which include Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems and How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea, both illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. She is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, the Foundation for Children's Literature Hope S. Dean Award, and the National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Book Award. Ms. Greenfield lives in Washington, DC. You can follow her on Twitter @ELGreenfield.

From Booklist:

Greenfield and Gilchrist team once again to show a toddler's delight, this time a little boy's involvement with water. Be it wading, fishing, drinking, or merely watching water, the boy finds quiet joy in all he experiences. He sees the water in a fishbowl on one page; on the next, he feels the water slosh on his face when he lifts the bowl. Later he asks for water to drink and is shown, glass at a full tilt, relishing it. The softly detailed watercolors reveal the pleasures of water, as does the sweet, simple rhyming text. Although the pictures lack the uninhibited zest you might expect from the subject (where is the splashing and the wet-to-the-knee jeans?), small children will, nevertheless, be inspired to tell about their own water adventures--in the rain, under the sprinkler, or on the beach--and will probably respond with the highest of praise: "Read it again." Shelley Townsend-Hudson

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperFestival
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0694012475
• ISBN 13: 9780694012473
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Gilchrist Jan Spivey