The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Olien, Rebecca

What Is Water?

24 pp. | Capstone | December, 2004 | Library ISBN 0-7368-3704-3 $21.26

(3) K-3 First Facts: Water All Around series. In these launch-pad titles, simple sentences relay the most basic information about water: what it's made of, how it changes, and its different forms. Large-scale color photos give the concepts immediacy. Each book ends with a "Hands On" activity: Water Cycle Cups (in Cycle) or Disappearing Drops (in What Is). Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these First Facts: Water All Around titles: The Water Cycle and What Is Water?

Reviewer: Nell Beram